Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110241983 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PRIVACY FUNCTION, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY TO A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method is adapted for providing privacy to a display device. The display device is adapted to display a normal image that can be viewed in a user area within which a user is situated. The method includes the steps of: a) configuring the display device to generate information of an interference image; b) configuring a display panel of the display device to display the normal image and the interference image; and c) configuring the display device to direct the interference image toward areas outside the user area. Accordingly, the user situated in the user area is able to view the normal image, while a viewer outside the user area is able to view the interference image, thereby achieving a privacy effect. | 10-06-2011 |
20120019495 | DETECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ECONOMIZING ELECTRICITY AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A detecting device capable of economizing electricity includes a first sensor for sensing a first physical quantity, an electronic paper (E-paper) display for displaying information of the first physical quantity, and a controller electrically connected to the first sensor and the E-paper display for controlling the E-paper display to display the information of the changed first physical quantity when the first sensor senses the changed first physical quantity. The controller is further for closing the E-paper display when the first sensor does not sense that the first physical quantity is changed, so that the E-paper display continues displaying the last first physical quantity sensed by the first sensor before the E-paper display is closed. | 01-26-2012 |
20120068976 | COMPOSITE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OPERATION OF THE SAME - A composite display device includes a control unit, and first and second display units. The first display unit is coupled electrically to the control unit for displaying a first frame under control of the control unit. The second display unit is disposed beneath the first display unit, is coupled electrically to the control unit for displaying a second frame under control of the control unit, and has a refresh rate greater than that of the first display unit. The first display unit has a first display region that overlaps at least a portion of the second display unit and that is operable to permit the second frame to be visible therethrough under control of the control unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120098803 | WRITING APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRONIC PAPER - A writing apparatus for performing a writing operation on an electronic paper includes a writing controller and a pixel array writing unit. The writing controller includes a data driving unit for providing a plurality of data signals, and a scan driving unit for providing a plurality of scan signals. The pixel array writing unit is coupled electrically to the data driving unit and the scan driving unit, and is adapted to be disposed to confront a first planar side of the electronic paper for performing the writing operation on the electronic paper as controlled by the writing controller, where the data signals are written into the electronic paper with reference to the scan signals so as to enable the electronic paper to display a corresponding image. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109339 | LIFE MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND A MACHINE-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANAGING USAGE RATES OF MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A life management circuit for managing usage rates of a plurality of electronic components includes a storage unit for storing usage information corresponding to each electronic component, a receiving unit, a determining unit and a control unit. Upon receipt of an activation command passed on thereto via the receiving unit, the control unit selects for activation, with reference to the usage information of the electronic components stored in the storage unit, at least one electronic component, the usage information corresponding to which reveals a usage rate that is comparatively lower among the electronic components, controls the determining unit to keep track of the duration of time that the selected at least one electronic component remains activated in response to the activation command, and updates the usage information corresponding to each of the selected at least one electronic component with reference to the duration of time tracked therefor. | 05-03-2012 |
20120120004 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD WITH MULTI-TOUCH FUNCTION - A touch control device includes a housing having a first side and a second side different from the first side. The touch control device further includes a first touch sensing unit installed on the first side of the housing for detecting a first touch event so as to generate a first sensing signal according to the first touch event, and a second touch sensing unit installed on the second side of the housing for detecting a second touch event so as to generate a second sensing signal according to the second touch event. The touch control device further includes a control unit coupled to the first touch sensing unit and the second touch sensing unit, for generating corresponding operation instruction according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal simultaneously. | 05-17-2012 |
20120172737 | Measurement Device, Measurement System and Data Processing Method for Physiological signal - A measurement device for measuring a physiological signal of a testee includes a sensing unit for sensing physiological activities of the testee to generate the physiological signal, a data transmission unit for transmitting data to a host, a storage unit for storing data, and a control unit for deciding to use the data transmission unit to transmit the physiological signal to the host or to use the storage unit to store the physiological signal according to a connection status between the data transmission unit and the host. | 07-05-2012 |
20120182308 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A brightness control device is provided. The brightness control device includes an electric paper, a controller, a light sensor, and a memory device. The electric paper includes a plurality of pixels. The light sensor is used to sense intensity of surrounding light. The memory device is coupled to the controller and used to store control programs and light data. The controller is coupled to the electric paper and the light sensor. The controller is used to control the pixels of the electric paper to determine the transparency of the electric paper according to the intensity of surrounding light and manually control signals by employing an e-paper control method. | 07-19-2012 |
20120190420 | ELECTRONIC PAPER GAME SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR UPDATING GAME INTERFACE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - Electronic paper (E-paper) game systems are provided. The E-paper game system at least includes a chessboard and a plurality of chessmen. The chessboard at least includes a first E-paper display unit for displaying a graphical data of a first chessboard for a first game interface. Each of the chessmen includes a second E-paper display unit for displaying a graphical data of a first chessman which corresponds to the graphical data of the first chessboard. The chessboard and the chessmen respectively update the graphical data of the first chessboard displayed by the first E-paper display unit and the graphical data of the first chessman displayed by the second E-paper display unit to a graphical data of a second chessboard corresponding to a second game interface and a graphical data of a second chessman which corresponds to the graphical data of the second chessboard. | 07-26-2012 |
20120218105 | WARNING TAG AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION RELEVANT TO SHELF LIFE OF A PRODUCT - A warning tag for providing an indication relevant to shelf life of a product is to be disposed on a product. The warning tag includes a storage unit, a clock unit, a control unit and a warning unit. The storage unit stores product information of the product. The product information includes time data associated with end of the shelf life of the product. The clock unit generates a current time. The control unit is electrically coupled to the storage unit and the clock unit, and outputs a warning signal based on the current time and the end of the shelf life of the product. The warning unit is electrically coupled to the control unit, and generates the indication according to the warning signal. | 08-30-2012 |
20120245480 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL SENSING MODULE, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER TO BE INTEGRATED THEREWITH - An electrocardiogram (ECG) signal sensing module is provide. The ECG signal sensing module includes at least one touchpad button, for producing a press signal when being pressed; at least one sensing electrode, mounted on the at least one touchpad button and moving in unison with the at least one touchpad button, for measuring the voltage on the portion thereof touched by a user; an electrocardiogram signal processor, coupled to the at least one sensing electrode, for processing the voltage on the at least one sensing electrode and producing an ECG signal; and a transmission interface, coupled to the at least one touchpad button and the electrocardiogram signal processor, for outputting the press signal and the ECG signal to a computer. | 09-27-2012 |
20120268436 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING GRAY-LEVEL OF IMAGE FRAME DEPENDING ON ENVIRONMENT ILLUMINATION - A display apparatus and method for adjusting the gray level depending on environment illumination is used to adjust the average-gray-level of an image frame with a plurality of pixels. The display device includes a display-panel, an optical-sensor, a controller, and an adjusting module. The display-panel displays the image frame with the plurality of pixels. The optical-sensor is used to obtain the environment illumination. The controller is used to drive the display-panel to display the image frame. The adjusting module is used to adjust gray-levels of the pixels according to the environment illumination. When the environment illumination is too high, the adjusting module raises the gray-level of partial or all pixels; and when the environment illumination is too low, the adjusting module reduces the gray-level of partial or all pixels; so that visual effect of the display device is enhanced. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268500 | METHOD FOR ACCELERATING SPEED OF REFRESHING IMAGE FRAME OF DISPLAY-PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR RAPID REFRESHING IMAGE FRAME - A method for accelerating speed of refreshing image frame is used for driving a display-panel to display and refresh an image frame rapidly. According to the method, the first step is to extract a digital content and generate the image frame according to the digital content, so as to drive the display-panel to display the image frame. A partial refresh area is defined on the image frame, and a partial image frame rather than the entire image frame is refreshed, so as to accelerate the speed of refreshing the image frame. Optionally, a number of gray levels of the partial refresh area are reduced, so as to accelerate the speed of refreshing the image frame. At least one screen operation command is received, partial refresh content is extracted from the digital content according to the screen operation command, and a displayed content in the partial refresh area is refreshed. | 10-25-2012 |
20130050150 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device includes a casing, a transparent display panel and a transparent touch panel. The transparent display panel is disposed on the casing and has a viewing side and a non-viewing side opposite to the viewing side. The transparent touch panel is disposed on the casing and on the non-viewing side of the transparent display panel. When a user holds the handheld electronic device by a hand, the user can view the hand, which performs touch action on the transparent touch panel, through the transparent display panel and the transparent touch panel. | 02-28-2013 |
20130082947 | TOUCH DEVICE, TOUCH SYSTEM AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch device includes N touch areas, N−1 non-touch areas and a processing unit. An i-th non-touch area of the N−1 non-touch areas is located between an i-th touch area and an (i+1) -th touch area of the N touch areas. When a first operation gesture is performed from the i-th touch area to the (i+1)-th touch area across the i-th non-touch area, the processing unit receives a first touch signal from the i-th touch area within a first time interval, does not receive any touch signal within a second time interval, and receives a second touch signal from the (i+1)-th touch area within a third time interval . When the processing unit determines that the second time interval is smaller than a first threshold, the processing unit executes a first command corresponding to the first operation gesture according to the first and second touch signals. | 04-04-2013 |
20130126597 | BIOCHIP DETECTING DEVICE AND BIOCHIP DETECTING METHOD - A biochip detecting device for detecting a biochip which has identifying information is provided. The biochip detecting device has a controller, a reader, a storage medium and a detecting module. The reader reading the identifying information, the storage medium saving a detecting information, and the detecting module detecting the biochip are electrically connected to the controller. The controller is suitable for determining the record of the identifying information in the detecting information and modifying the setting of the detecting module automatically according to the identifying information. A biochip detecting method is further provided. A biochip detecting device is used to read identifying information of the biochip to determine whether the biochip could be detected. Besides, the setting of a detecting module is automatically adjusted by a controller. The time for adjusting the setting of the detecting module is saved and the possibility of setup mistake could be reduced. | 05-23-2013 |
20130176129 | DROWSINESS DETECTION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - A drowsiness detection method for detecting drowsiness of a detection target is provided. The method includes a data collecting process including steps of: detecting physiological symptom information of the detection target; determining whether the detection target satisfies a predetermined drowsiness threshold condition according to the physiological symptom information; when the detection target satisfies the predetermined drowsiness threshold condition, triggering a stimulation event on the detection target; determining whether a response event is received from the detection target in response to the stimulation event; when the response event is not received, determining whether the stimulation event satisfies a threshold strength condition; and recording the physiological symptom information as a corresponding drowsiness detection condition of the detection target when the stimulation event satisfies the threshold strength condition. | 07-11-2013 |
20130200141 | Biochip Measuring System and Biochip Measuring Apparatus and Biochip and Stamp Marking and Identification Method - The present invention discloses a biochip measuring system. The cytometer system includes a biochip and a biochip measuring apparatus. The biochip includes a substrate, for carrying bio-molecule droplet, and a stamp marking area, for receiving or displaying a stamp for identifying whether the biochip is used. The biochip measuring apparatus includes a controller, a driver circuit, a driver interface, a light, a light detector, and a stamp marking unit, for marking the stamp on the stamp marking area of the biochip after the biochip measuring apparatus completes measurement of the biochip. | 08-08-2013 |
20130207804 | DRIVER DROWSINESS PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A driver drowsiness prediction system includes a vital signal detection unit, a control unit and a network bridge module. The vital signal detection unit detects vital signals of a driver. The control unit receives the driver's vital signs, and stores at least a feature signal. The feature signal represents the vital signal pattern of losing consciousness. The control unit continuously compares the detected vital signal with the feature signal. When the vital signal is similar to the feature signal, the control unit issues a pre-alarming command. The network bridge module receives the pre-alarming command and is triggered to perform a network connection process. The network bridge module logs into a pre-determined social website according to a login script, and then sends a pre-alarming message thereon, wherein the pre-alarming message includes an event indicating the driver is near unconsciousness. | 08-15-2013 |
20130241844 | Method of Touch Command Integration and Touch System Using the Same - A touch command integration method for a touch sense device includes establishing at least one communication connection with at least one first touch sense device, detecting at least one relative location of the at least one first touch sense device relative to the touch sense device, and controlling the at least one first touch sense device via the at least one communication connection according to the at least one relative location, to allow the at least one first touch sense device and the touch sense device to be integrated into a second touch sense device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130309061 | FAN CONTROL SYSTEM AND FAN CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A fan control system and a fan controlling method thereof are disclosed. The fan control system is used to an electronic apparatus for controlling an air pump fan device. The fan controlling method includes following steps: setting a plurality of vibrating working periods of the air pump fan device; setting a plurality of vibrating frequencies of the air pump fan device, wherein each vibrating frequency has a different vibrating frequency value; detecting a temperature of the electronic apparatus; determining whether the temperature of the electronic apparatus exceeding a first setting temperature; and if yes, controlling the air pump fan device to vibrate according to the plurality of vibrating frequencies during the plurality of vibrating working periods, wherein adjacent vibrating working periods of the plurality of vibrating working periods correspond to different vibrating frequency values. | 11-21-2013 |
20140028643 | WRITING APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRONIC PAPER - A writing apparatus for performing a writing operation on an electronic paper includes a writing controller and a pixel array writing unit. The writing controller includes a data driving unit for providing a plurality of data signals, and a scan driving unit for providing a plurality of scan signals. The pixel array writing unit is coupled electrically to the data driving unit and the scan driving unit, and is adapted to be disposed to confront a first planar side of the electronic paper for performing the writing operation on the electronic paper as controlled by the writing controller, where the data signals are written into the electronic paper with reference to the scan signals so as to enable the electronic paper to display a corresponding image. | 01-30-2014 |
20140063045 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND ADJUSTING IMAGE INFORMATION - A device and a method for displaying and adjusting image information are disclosed. The method at least includes steps of: controlling an LCD unit to be transparent, so that an environmental scene is visible, and an image information is displayed on the LCD unit according to a display instruction; executing a first automatic adjustment procedure. The first automatic adjustment procedure includes steps of: detecting the light intensity of the environment by the light-detecting unit to correspondingly generate a first detection value; comparing the first detection value with a determination range of light intensity by the processor to generate an automatic adjustment instruction according to the operation status of the active light source module; automatically adjusting the operation status of the active light source module according to the automatic adjustment instruction to adjust the brightness of the image information and correspondingly adjust the transparency of the LCD unit. | 03-06-2014 |
20140091990 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head-mounted display system for a user to wear is provided. The head-mounted display system comprises a display unit and display pointing unit. The display unit has a display surface facing a face of the user and the display unit is comprised of several pixels. Each of the pixels emits an image beam. The display pointing unit is configured on the display surface of the display unit and the display pointing unit shrinks the image beams from the pixels and directs the image beam towards a pupil of at least one of the eyes of the user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140153102 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display suitable for being disposed in front of at least one human eye is provided. The head-mounted display includes a transmissive type display, a focal length adjusting lens, and a compensation lens. The focal length adjusting lens is located between the human eye and the transmissive type display. The focal length adjusting lens refracts an image displayed by the transmissive type display, so that the image is formed on a retina of the human eye. The transmissive type display is located between the compensation lens and the focal length adjusting lens. | 06-05-2014 |
20140285445 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method for a portable device is provided, wherein the portable device has a touch sensing unit and a display unit coupled to the touch sensing unit. The display unit displays an icon menu comprising a plurality of icons. In the operating method, the touch sensing unit senses a touch action to generate a sensing signal. The sensing signal is analyzed to determine whether the touch action is a holding action. When the touch action is determined to be the holding action, a mis-touch recovering operation is performed on the icon corresponding to a contact region touched by the touch action. When it is determined that the touch action is not the holding action, a function corresponding to the icon corresponding to a contact region touched by the touch action is executed. | 09-25-2014 |