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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150339188 | METHOD FOR READ DISTURBANCE MANAGEMENT IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES - When performing a read operation on a non-volatile memory device which includes a plurality of memory sections each corresponding to a plurality of data units, the read count of a specific memory section and the error bits of its corresponding data units are monitored for determining whether data relocation should be perform. When the read count of the specific section exceeds a read count threshold and the error bits of any corresponding data unit exceeds an error threshold, data is moved from the specific memory section to another memory section of the non-volatile memory device, thereby preventing read disturbance from occurring in the specific memory sections. | 11-26-2015 |
20150334316 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE HAVING INFRARED FILTERING SWITCHOVER FUNCTIONS - An image-capturing device having infrared filtering switchover functions includes an infrared light emitting diode, an image sensor, an ambient light sensor, an infrared filter member and a switch module. The infrared light emitting diode emits infrared lights outwardly. The image sensor receives a reflection light reflected from an object. The ambient light sensor receives an ambient light. The infrared filter member filters infrared rays from the reflection light at a first location or the ambient light at a second location. The switch module is coupled to the infrared filter member, and can alternatively move the infrared filter member to the first location and the second location. The infrared lights are part of the reflection light and the ambient light. | 11-19-2015 |
20150327300 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle-mounted device, a method and an article of manufacture for controlling the same are provided. The method for controlling the vehicle-mounted device storing at least one first parameter value therein includes steps as follows. At least one second parameter value is provided to a mobile device; the mobile device and the vehicle-mounted device are communicatively connected; a determination is made as to whether a difference exists between the first parameter value and the second parameter value; by replacing the first parameter value in the vehicle-mounted device with the second parameter value when the difference exists, the vehicle-mounted device is set according to the second parameter value such that the vehicle-mounted device operates according to the second parameter value. | 11-12-2015 |
20150244989 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, SURVEILLANCE CAMERA AND METHOD FOR SECURITY SURVEILLANCE - A surveillance system, a surveillance camera, and a method for security surveillance are provided. The surveillance system includes at least one first surveillance camera and a second surveillance camera electrically connected to the first surveillance camera via networks. When the first surveillance camera detects and determines that the second surveillance camera is disabled, the first surveillance camera changes a first viewing zone to overlap a second viewing zone of the second surveillance camera. | 08-27-2015 |
20150212806 | INITIALIZATION METHOD AND INITIALIZAION SYSTEM FOR STORAGE DEVICE - An initialization method, which is suitable for a storage device including an interface, a controller module and a memory module, is disclosed. The initialization method includes following steps. A vendor command is provided from a host device via the interface to trigger a first firmware stored in the controller module of the storage device, so as to activate an initialization to the storage device. A second firmware is installed into the memory module of the storage device according to an instruction inputted from the host device via the interface and delivered by the controller module. The storage device is initialized by the triggered first firmware and the second firmware. | 07-30-2015 |
20150046447 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A controlling method of a multimedia player device is disclosed. The multimedia player device is capable of playing plural multimedia files from plural memory cards. The controlling method comprising: when a memory card of the memory cards is connected to the multimedia player device, determining if there is a corresponding log file corresponding to the connected memory card; if the log file exists, creating a playlist comprising at least part of the plural multimedia files according to the log file; and, playing the multimedia files according to the playlist from the connected memory card. | 02-12-2015 |
20150039933 | STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY ACCESSING METHOD FOR A STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device and memory accessing method configure two separate memory units, each with dedicated I/O channel, accessible by two controllers, each corresponding to an interface connected to a host, and allows the storage device to establish at least two connections to the different hosts. As more than one connection is established between the storage device and the hosts at the same time, a first controller has both read and write accessibility to a first memory unit and a second controller has both read and write accessibility to a second memory unit, while the first controller has read-only accessibility to the second memory unit and the second controller has read-only accessibility to the second memory unit. | 02-05-2015 |
20150030308 | METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PLAYBACK OF A VIDEO FILE OF AN EVENT DATA RECORDER - A method provides a more intuitive way of operating the playback of a video file of an event data recorder. By using GPS coordinates on a recorded video file, a route may be generated accordingly and displayed on a map. The GPS coordinates forming the route have exact mapping relation with the time line of the corresponding video file and direct operation of a slider is provided on the route of the map so that any corresponding frame of the video file may be displayed accordingly. | 01-29-2015 |
20140348339 | Earphone System and Related Method of Temporarily Increasing Volume - An earphone system with temporary volume shifting function includes a speaker receiving audio signals and converting the received audio signals into sound, the speaker having a first end and a second end therein, a first resistor electrically connected to the first end of the speaker, and a switch configured between the first resistor and the speaker to control current flowing through the first resistor to the first end of the speaker. A first current flows through the speaker to output a first volume from the speaker when the switch is deactivated by a user who does not operate the switch, and a second current flows through the speaker to output a second volume from the speaker when the switch is activated by the user who operates the switch, and the second volume is greater than the first volume. | 11-27-2014 |
20140282067 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATIVE CONNECTION METHOD BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEVICES, AND INTERFACE CONTROLLING METHOD - A device identification method, a communicative connection method between multiple devices, and an interface controlling method are disclosed herein. The devices include a first device and at least one second device. The first device includes a touch-sensing interface and a first wireless communication module. Each second device comprising a second wireless communication module and physical contacts arranged with a distinct pattern. The communicative connection method includes steps of: sensing a multi-touch input by the touch-sensing interface when one of the second devices is currently placed upon the touch-sensing interface of the first device; identifying the second device currently placed upon the first device by matching the multi-touch input with the distinct pattern; and, forming a wireless communicative connection between the first wireless communication module of the first device and the second wireless communication module of the matched second device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140184549 | Method of Defining Software Functions on an Electronic Device Having Biometric Detection - A method of defining software functions on an electronic device having biometric detection includes selecting an interactive function and providing touch input as a setting, the provided touch input comprising providing at least one fingerprint and performing a gesture on a fingerprint sensor of the electronic device. The method also includes saving the setting corresponding to the selected interactive function in a database of the electronic device. | 07-03-2014 |
20120233427 | Data Storage Device and Data Management Method Thereof - An embodiment of the invention provides a data storage device and data management method thereof. The data storage device is coupled to a host, and includes a storage media having data sectors for storing data and a controller. The controller is coupled to the storage media for sequentially receiving one or more read commands and corresponding one or more logical addresses thereto, reads a plurality of first data sectors from the storage media according to the read commands and the corresponding logical addresses, outputs data of the first data sectors to the host, calculates a valid duration required for the one or more read commands, calculates an average data throughput according to the number of the first data sectors and the valid duration, and determines whether the average data throughput exceeds a predetermined threshold. When the average data throughput exceeds the predetermined threshold, the controller performs a blocking procedure to prevent the storage media from being accessed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120047314 | DATA BACKUP METHOD FOR FLASH MEMORY MODULE AND SOLID STATE DRIVE - A data backup method for a flash memory module is provided. The flash memory module includes a plurality of flash memory units. In the data backup method, a controller is first provided to receive a backup function enabling signal. The controller then configures the flash memory units according to the backup function enabling signal such that at least one of the flash memory units is configured as a backup storage area and the flash memory units that are not in the backup storage area are configured as a main storage area. The controller then checks and receives an updated status of important data in the main storage area and backs up the important data into the backup storage area according to the updated status. Accessing to the backup storage area and accessing to the main storage area by the controller are independent. | 02-23-2012 |
20110302317 | MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM, MEDIA PLAYER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED STREAMING CONTENT - A multimedia system, a media player, and a method for generating a personalized streaming content are provided. The method includes following steps. A play habit of a user operation is recorded into a feature log in the media player. A download request is issued to at least one server through the Internet according to the feature log and a server list. A personalized streaming content corresponding to the play habit is downloaded from the server. | 12-08-2011 |
20100121909 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ON-LINE CLIENT SERVICE SYSTEM, SOFTWARE AND METHOD THEREOF - An on-line client service method of a storage apparatus that includes detecting the current status of the storage apparatus when a link is established between a client host and the storage apparatus and determining whether or not a diagnostic event has occurred, and when the diagnostic event occurs, a diagnostic result is generated. In addition, the diagnostic result is transmitted to a far-end server to process the storage apparatus properly according to the diagnostic result. | 05-13-2010 |
20090132489 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH, APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH, AND METHOD FOR PLAYING THE SAME - A method for playing a digital photograph display apparatus is provided. The method includes connecting the digital photograph display apparatus to a storage area, wherein the storage area has a plurality of digital photographs. In this method, a metadata (for example, the information in an exchange image file—EXIF), of each digital photograph is captured to read the corresponding shooting date of the digital photograph. In addition, a current date information is generated. The corresponding shooting date of each digital photograph is compared with the current date information. A digital photograph is displayed when the shooting date of the digital photograph is related to the current date information. | 05-21-2009 |
20090125783 | STORAGE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA AND FOR MANAGING MEMORY BLOCK - A method for managing a memory block is provided. In this method, a plurality of block tables having different storing priorities is provided. In addition, the number of error correction bits in the memory block is checked. Thereby, in the present invention, data can be stored into the memory block in a block table according to the number of error correction bits in the memory block so that the sequence in which the memory block is used for storing data can be determined. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125759 | STORAGE DEVICE WITH SELF-CONDITION INSPECTION AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOF - A storage device with self-status detection and an inspection method thereof are provided. The storage device includes a plurality of storage areas (i.e., block tables), a plurality of memory blocks, and a status detection unit. The storage areas respectively have a corresponding weight value, and the addresses of memory blocks which have the same number of error correct codes (ECCs) are recorded in the same storage area. The status detection unit obtains a status of the storage device according to the number of addresses of the memory blocks recorded in a storage area and the corresponding weight value of the storage area. | 05-14-2009 |
20090115369 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CHARGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY THEREOF - A portable electronic apparatus capable of dynamically adjusting a charging current includes a memory unit, a memory controlling unit, a detecting unit, a current-adjusting unit and a rechargeable battery. The memory controlling unit is coupled to the memory unit for reading/writing the data of the memory unit. The detecting unit is coupled to the memory controlling unit for detecting the portable electronic apparatus to determine whether or not the portable electronic apparatus executes any operation, for example, reading/writing data or playing music and thereby generating a detection result. The current-adjusting unit is coupled to the detecting unit for correspondingly adjusting the charging current according to the detection result. The rechargeable battery is coupled to the current-adjusting unit for receiving the charging current for charging. | 05-07-2009 |
20090045914 | WRITE-PROTECTION MODULE AND METHOD FOR STORAGE DEVICE - A write-protection module for a storage device and the method thereof are disclosed. The write-protection module includes a power supply circuit, a fingerprint sensor, a database, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor for receiving the working power produced by the power supply circuit to maintain operation is respectively coupled to the power supply circuit, the fingerprint sensor, and the database. The fingerprint sensor receives the fingerprint input of a user, and the microprocessor receives the output signal of the fingerprint sensor and converts the output signal into an input cryptograph. Finally, the microprocessor compares the input cryptograph with a predetermined cryptograph stored in the database to produce a comparison information, and determines whether or not the user may access data. | 02-19-2009 |
20090037645 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND DATA ACCESS CIRCUIT AND DATA ACCESS METHOD - A non-volatile memory device, a data access circuit and a data access method are provided. The non-volatile memory device includes a main controller, a plurality of sub-controllers and a plurality of memory blocks. The sub-controllers are coupled to the main controller and are used to execute the tasks assigned by the main controller. The memory blocks are respectively coupled to the corresponding sub-controllers. The main controller is used to divide a received main data into a plurality of sub-data, and the sub-data are respectively saved in the memory blocks through corresponding sub-controllers. Therefore, the data access speed of the non-volatile memory device is substantially speeded-up. | 02-05-2009 |
20090013134 | MEMORY APPARATUS AND PROTECTING METHOD THEREOF - A memory apparatus and method for protecting the memory apparatus are provided. The memory apparatus includes a memory unit, a memory control unit, a switch and a control circuit. The memory control unit is used for reading from or writing to the memory unit and has a build-in protection unit. The switch has a lock end and a normal end. The control circuit is coupled between the switch and the memory control unit and is used for detecting the position of the switch. Once the switch is switched to the lock end and the memory apparatus receives a working voltage, the protection unit is automatically enabled by the control circuit to inhibit the memory control unit from reading data from or writing data to the memory unit. | 01-08-2009 |
20080311792 | USB CONNECTOR DEVICE, CONNECTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING USB CONNECTOR DEVICE - A universal serial bus (USB) connector device includes a substrate and a terminal element. The substrate includes a main portion and a connector portion. The main portion includes a control circuit, and the connector portion includes a plurality of signal terminals to be coupled to the control circuit of the main portion. In addition, the terminal element may be jointed to the connector portion of the substrate, and includes a conductive wire layer to be coupled to the signal terminals of the substrate. | 12-18-2008 |