| HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120131565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE OF BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER OF COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for updating a firmware of a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a computing device. The method acquires configuration information of the BMC from a bus controller of the computing device, queries an address of the BMC on a local bus of the computing device according to the configuration information, and acquires firmware storage information of a firmware memory of the BMC through the local bus according the queried address. The method allocates a virtual storage space for the firmware in a memory space of a processor of the computing device, and maps a storage space for storing the firmware of the firmware memory to the virtual storage space. The method updates the firmware of the BMC by writing firmware data of the BMC to the virtual storage space. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131553 | SOURCE CODE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A source code file management system includes a first receiving module, a generating module, a retrieving module, a determining module, a transmitting module, a second receiving module, a storing module and a message module. The first receiving module receives a source code file from a developer client associated with a developer. The generating module generates an intermediate file based on the source code file. The retrieving module retrieves a developer profile associated with the developer. The determining module determines examiners according to the developer profile. The transmitting module transmits the intermediate file to examiner clients associated with the examiners. The second receiving module receives examining results from the examiner clients. The storing module stores the source code file in a source code storage when each examining result is accepted. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131462 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE CREATING METHOD - A handheld device stores mapping relationships between a plurality of user sound types and a plurality of user situations. The handheld device detects a user sound signal from surrounds of the handheld device, and analyzes the user sound signal to obtain a corresponding user sound type. The handheld device determines a corresponding user situation according to the corresponding user sound type and the mapping relationships between the plurality of user sound types and the plurality of user situations, and creates a user interface corresponding to the determined user situation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131371 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING POWER STATES OF A COMPUTER - A method for obtaining a power state of an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) of a computer starting a baseboard management controller (BMC) after a power supply system of the computer is powered on. The BMC detects if a power signal from the power supply system is high level or low level. If the power signal is high level, the BMC determines that the power state of the ACPI is in a power state S0. If the power signal is low level, the BMC determines that the system power state of the ACPI is in a power state S5. A basic input output system (BIOS) detects if the system power state has changed. If the system power state has changed, the BIOS sends a current power state to the BMC. The BMC sends the power state to a system management software (SMS) of the operating system. Users can obtain the power states through an interface provided by the SMS. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131368 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER SAVING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes an input unit, a memory, a page flipping control unit, a buffer, a display, a processor and a switching unit. The input unit generates flipping commands in response to operations of a user. The memory stores a document. The processor displays the document in response to a document opening operation of the user, retrieves a predetermined page range of pages of the document from the memory, and stores the retrieved pages of the document in the buffer. The page flipping control unit receives the flipping commands, accesses the buffer, and flips pages on the display. The switching unit is connected to the memory, the display, and the buffer, and establishes a connection between the display, the buffer and the processor or establishes a connection between the display, the buffer, and the page flipping control unit under control of the processor. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131361 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING MOTHERBOARD USING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER - A remote controller is connected to one or more server via an intelligent platform management bus (IPMB). The controller includes a redundant power supply and a remote control module. Once the remote controller receives a control command to power on one of the servers from a system administer, the remote control module powers on the server, and sends an operation command to control a motherboard of the server to run. By utilizing the remote controller, the system administrator can remotely control baseboard management controllers of the servers when the power supply of the server does not have an AC power. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131319 | SECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A server includes a baseboard management controller (BMC). The server receives a first password and a second password input by a user. The BMC stores a first cryptograph corresponding to the first password in a field-replaceable unit (FRU) of the BMC. If a second cryptograph corresponding to the second password is the same as the first cryptograph, the server is started up. If the second cryptograph is not the same as the first cryptograph and a number of times that the second password has been input is greater than a predefined number of times, the server is locked. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131318 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DATA RECOVERY OF THE SERVER - A method for performing data recovery of a server sends a data recovery request from a basic input output system (BIOS) of the server to a backup microchip of the server if a master operating system (OS) of an original microchip of the server is not available when the server is powered on, obtains a backup initial OS of the server from a storage unit of the backup microchip, and boots the backup initial OS according to a bootstrap of the backup initial OS. The method further obtains a backup master OS of the server from the storage unit of the backup microchip, sends the backup master OS to the original microchip of the server, and restarts the server according to the backup master OS. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131254 | SWITCH APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY, KEYBOARD, AND MOUSE - A switch apparatus includes first to third video graphics array (VGA) interfaces, first to sixth universal serial bus (USB) interfaces, a single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch, and first to eighteenth electronic switches. The first VGA interface is connected to the second and third VGA interfaces through the electronic switches. The first USB interface is connected the second and third USB interfaces through the electronic switches. The fourth USB interface is connected to the fifth and sixth USB interfaces through the electronic switches. The SPDT switch is used to control the first VGA interface to be selectively connected to the second or third VGA interface, and control the first USB interface to be selectively connected to the second or third USB interface, and control the fourth USB interface to be selectively connected to the fifth or sixth USB interface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131213 | NETWORK DEVICE AND POINT TO POINT CONNECTION DISTINGUISHING METHOD - A network device connects a terminal device to the Internet using a plurality of connections. The network device obtains a quantity of different destination port numbers employed by the plurality of connections, calculates a ratio of the quantity of the different destination port numbers to a quantity of the connections, and determines that the connections include at least one point to point connection if the calculated ratio is larger than a predetermined ratio. The network device further determines that one of the connections is the point to point connection upon the condition that a communication protocol of the one of the connections is the transmission control protocol, that the destination port number of the one of the connections is larger than a predetermined port number, and that the average size of the packets of the one of the connections is larger than the predetermined size. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130633 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a positioning system and method using an electronic device, the electronic device and target electronic devices communicate with each other in a geographic region. Geographic location of the electronic device is located using a global positioning system of the electronic device. The geographic location of the electronic device is regularly transmitted to each of the target electronic devices. Geographic location of each of the target electronic devices is recorded in a storage system of the electronic device and can be updated according to received location data from the target electronic devices. An electronic map is displayed on a display screen of the electronic device, and the geographic location of the electronic device and the geographic location of each of the target electronic devices are marked on the electronic map. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129442 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a container, a number of server systems installed in the container, a heat dissipating system, and two static air purifier devices. Two air inlets and two air outlets are defined in the container. The static air purifier devices are respectively attached to sidewalls of the container, and communicating with the air inlets of the container. The heat dissipating system drives air outside the container to flow into the container through the air inlets after flowing through the static air purifiers to be filtered of dust, and exhausts hot air generated by the servers through the outlets of the container. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129441 | COMPUTER SERVER CENTER - A computer server center includes a pair of server racks, a pair of separating boards, and a condenser. The pair of server racks are arranged to face each other. The pair of separating boards connect two sides of the pair of server racks to define a separating room between the pair of server racks. The condenser is received in the separating room, configured for generating cool air, and individually adjustable to control the flux of the cool air. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129402 | RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT MODULES AND PLUG CONNECTOR HAVING A PADDLE BOARD - A connector assembly has a receptacle connector and a plug connector adapted for inserting in the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129397 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING AN IMPROVED GROUNDING MEANS - A cable connector assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129396 | PLUG CONNECTOR HAVING MULTIPLE CIRCUIT BOARDS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A plug connector ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129386 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND RECEIVING DEVICE THEREOF - A connector assembly includes a receiving device, a first connector, and a second connector. The receiving device includes an accommodating portion, and a first and a second raised portions extending from a first side of the accommodating portion. The first and second raised portions each define a receiving space. The first connector is detachably mounted in the receiving space of the first raised portion. The second connector is detachably mounted in the receiving space of the second raised portion. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129370 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED TRAY MEMBER AND METAL COVER - A card connector ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129004 | HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOUSING - A housing includes a magnesium or magnesium alloy substrate, a first metal layer formed on the substrate by physical vapor deposition, and a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer by electroplating. The first metal layer is comprised of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of zinc, iron, copper, and nickel. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129002 | ALUMINUM ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An aluminum article includes a substrate comprising a surface having a plurality of nano-pores defined therein; and a transparent vacuum deposition layer deposited on the surface and filling the nano-pores. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128948 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A coated article includes a substrate; a color layer deposited on the substrate; and a pattern layer deposited on the surface of the color layer opposite to the substrate. A network of metal nuclei groups forms the pattern layer. The network of metal nuclei groups includes a plurality of metal nuclei, and each metal nucleus is bonded to at least one other metal nucleus. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128483 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FANS - A mounting apparatus for a fan defining an engaging hole includes an enclosure, a mounting bracket mounted to the enclosure, and a latch mounted to the enclosure. The mounting bracket defines a through hole, and includes a locking tab. The fan is accommodated in the mounting bracket, with the engaging hole of the fan aligned with the through hole. The locking extends through the through hole to engage in the engaging hole, thereby mounting the fan to the mounting bracket. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128464 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly includes two fans, and a number of rigid bars. The fans are connected in series. Each of the fans includes an impeller. The impellers of the fans rotate in opposite directions. The rigid bars extend through the fans and are fixed to the fans, to counteract opposing torque forces produced by the fans. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128306 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector includes an optical fiber cable including two optical fibers; and a connector plug connected to opposite ends of the optical fiber cable for electrical connection to an electronic device. The connector plug includes a shell, a photodiode, a laser diode; and an electrical connector for electrical connection to an electronic device. The photodiode, the laser diode and the electrical connector are housed in the metallic shell, the photodiode is optically coupled to a distal end of one corresponding optical fiber and electrically coupled to the electrical connector, the laser diode optically is coupled to a distal end of the other optical fiber and electrically coupled to the electrical connector. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128197 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CUSHIONED SPEAKER - An exemplary electronic device with a speaker includes a mounting plate, a speaker mounted on the mounting plate, two fasteners mounting the speaker, and a buffer washer squeezed between the mounting plate and the speaker. The buffer washer is capable of absorbing vibration of the speaker. Each of the fasteners includes a head portion and a post portion. The post portion is mounted on the mounting plate and is located outside the speaker. The head portion presses the speaker to abut against the buffer washer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127983 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING WARNING INFORMATION, AND SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM - An electronic device for transmitting warning information to a monitoring device is provided. The monitoring device includes a radio frequency transmitting unit transmitting a wireless signal. The electronic device includes a radio frequency receiving unit, a detector, a wireless transmitting unit, and a processor. The radio frequency receiving unit receives the wireless signal transmitted by the radio frequency transmitting unit when the distance between the radio frequency transmitting unit and the radio frequency receiving unit is less than a preset value. The detector detects the movement or the oscillation of the electronic device. The radio frequency receiving unit generates an anomalous potential to signal the processor to enable the detector when not receiving the wireless signal transmitted through the radio frequency transmitting unit. The processor transmits the warning information to the monitoring device through the wireless transmitting unit when the detector detects that the electronic device moves or oscillates. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127728 | LIGHT DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE FOR LED LIGHT SOURCE - A light distribution structure for a light emitting diode includes a lens, a light distribution member, and a reflection member. The lens is fixed to the light distribution member. The reflection member is fixed to the lens and faces the light distribution member. The reflection member includes a protrusion opposing the light emitting diode. The light distribution member defines a through hole for receiving the light emitting diode. The light distribution member is formed with a plurality of reflection portions on a side facing the lens. The reflection portions are inclined relative to the bottom of the light distribution member. The protrusion is capable of reflecting the light beams with incident angle within a preset range entering the protrusion from the light emitting diode to the reflection portions. The reflection portions are capable of reflecting the light beams reaching the reflection portions to the lens. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127688 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CARD CONNECTION MECHANISM - A shield case is configured for supporting a memory card. The shield case includes a recessed portion, and a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge arranged around the recessed portion. The first edge forms a first support plate. The second edge forms a second support plate. The first support plate and the second support plate cooperatively support the memory card. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127680 | LOCKING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE USING THE SAME - An exemplary electronic device enclosure includes a box, a mainboard having a plurality of slots, a card having a bottom end fixed in one slot of the mainboard, and an opposite top end, and a locking device. The locking device includes a fixing member and an engaging member. The fixing member includes a plurality of first teeth. The engaging member includes a plurality of second teeth matching with the first teeth, a bottom of the engaging member having a cutout defined therein, and the cutout adapted for receiving an edge of the card. The engaging member is operable so that the second teeth engage with various of the first teeth, whereby a location of the engaging member is adjustable relative to the location of the fixing member, and thereby the engaging member is capable of engaging with the card when the card is at different locations. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127679 | FIXING APPARATUS FOR CIRCUIT BOARD - A fixing apparatus for a circuit board includes a bottom plate, a number of supporting posts, a number of sleeves, and a number of fasteners. The supporting posts are formed on the bottom plate. The sleeves are detachably installed on the supporting posts, respectively. The fasteners extend through the circuit board and the corresponding sleeves, to engage in the supporting posts, respectively. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127664 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FAN DUCT - An exemplary fan duct includes a top plate, two sidewalls and a baffle. The sidewalls extend from opposite ends of the top plate. The baffle engages with the top plate and is located between the two sidewalls. The baffle includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first end pivotably engages with the top plate, and the baffle rotates about the first end to make the second end engage with the top plate or one of the sidewalls. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127654 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND HEAT SINK - A computer system includes an enclosure having an air intake, a heat sink and an electronic element. The heat sink includes a first heat dissipating portion, a second heat dissipating portion, and a third heat dissipating portion interconnecting the first and second heat dissipating portions. Each of the first heat dissipating portion, second heat dissipating portion, and third heat dissipating portion includes a number of fins and passages formed between each two adjacent fins. The passages of the first heat dissipating portion face toward the air intake. A space is maintained between the first heat dissipating portion and the second heat dissipating portion, and the electronic element is mounted in the space. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127649 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPANSION CARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A mounting apparatus for mounting an expansion card to an electronic device includes a panel, a fixing bracket, and two locking members. The panel includes a rectangular plate and a frame. The fixing bracket is pivotably secured to the frame. The fixing bracket includes a contact portion and two pivot portions. The contact portion includes a first latching plate and a second latching plate. The first latching plate and the second latching plate cooperatively define a receiving space therebetween. Each of the two pivot portions includes a main plate, a stop plate, and a resilient portion. The two locking members are received in the two pivot portions. The top surface and a block plate of the expansion card are received in the receiving space. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127647 | MEMORY HOLDING APPARATUS - A memory holding apparatus includes a main pole and an inserting pole. The main pole includes a main portion and a first holding portion perpendicularly extending from a first end of the main portion. A second end of the main portion defines a receiving hole extending to the first holding portion. A sidewall of the main portion defines an opening. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127597 | LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens assembly includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes a first optically active part, a first optically inactive part surrounding the first optically active part, and a first annular protrusion formed on the first optically inactive part. The first annular protrusion defines an accommodating room. The second lens includes a second optically active part, a second optically inactive part surrounding the second optically active part, a second annular protrusion formed on the second optically inactive part, and a light blocking layer formed on a surface of the second annular protrusion facing the first lens. The second lens is coupled to the first lens in such a manner that the second annular protrusion is received in the accommodating room. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127585 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM HAVING HIGH ZOOM RATIO AND SHORT OVERALL LENGTH - A zoom lens system includes a first lens group with positive refractive power, a second lens group with negative refractive power, a third lens group with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group with positive refractive power. The lens groups can move along the optical axis of the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system satisfies the formula: 0.15<|L | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127583 | IMAGE LENS SYSTEM - An image lens system includes a first lens group that includes a first and a second lens, a movable second lens group that includes a third and a fourth lens, and a third lens group that includes a fifth lens. The image lens system satisfies the formulas: 2.1≦Lw/(a*Y)<2.5; 1.9≦|Fp|/F | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127326 | IMAGE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING IMAGES - In a system and method for optimizing images, a digital image of an object is captured by an image capturing device, and a standard image of the object is obtained from a storage system of a computing device. The system calculates an image average energy density (IAED) value of the digital image based on RGB (red, green, blue) channels of the digital image, and calculates an IAED value of the standard image based on RGB channels of the standard image. The system is further calculates a difference between the IAED value of the digital image and the IAED value of the standard image, and applies any difference to optimize every pixel point of the digital image to generate optimized pixel points. The system integrates all the optimized pixel points or original pixel points to generate an optimized image for display. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127040 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A housing assembly includes an outer housing, a support member, an antenna cover, a foam member, and an adhesive member. The outer housing defines an antenna opening. The support member is positioned in the outer housing, and encloses the antenna opening. The support member defines a receiving portion for receiving an antenna module, and the receiving portion is aligned with the antenna opening. The antenna cover is positioned in the antenna opening. Both of the foam member and the adhesive member are positioned between the support member and the antenna cover, and the foam member surrounds the adhesive member. The adhesive member connects or fixes the antenna cover to the support member. A method of manufacturing the housing assembly is also provided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126990 | FLOOD PROTECTION APPARATUS AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A flood protection apparatus includes an adjustable base, a first water level detector, and a controller. The adjustable base supports the container and is operable to adjust a height of the container. The first water level detector is mounted on the base. When the first water level detector detects water has reached the first level, the first water level detector outputs a first detection signal. The controller receives the first detection signal to activate the base to heighten the container, until the first detection signal ceases or the base is at a highest point. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126842 | TEST PROBE - A test probe for testing an object electrically includes a main body, a first probe pin mounted to and protruding out of the main body, and at least one second probe pin coupled to the main body. The at least one second probe pin is changeable from a first state of being folded into the main body to a second state of being unfolded to protrude out of the main body. When the at least one second probe pin is in the first state, the first probe pin is used to contact the object, and when the at least one second probe pin is in the second state, the at least one second probe pin takes the place of the first probe pin in making electrical connection with the object. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126767 | BUCK CONVERTER - A buck converter includes a first electrical switch and a second electrical switch connected in series, a PWM module coupled to the gate of the first electrical switch through a first adjustable resistance module and coupled to the gate of the second electrical switch through a second adjustable resistance module, a filter circuit coupled between the connecting node of the two different electrical switches and an output node, and a control module for adjusting values of the first adjustable resistance module and the second adjustable resistance module and acquiring a voltage value from the connecting node. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126746 | WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM - A wireless charging system includes a charger and an electronic device. The charger includes a power input port including two input terminals for connecting to a power source and a power output port including two first metal sheets respectively connected to the two input terminals. The electronic device includes a power input port including two second metal sheets, a voltage conversion circuit connected to the two second metal sheets, a rectifier and filter circuit, and a battery. When the power output port of the charger is close to and faces the power input port of the electronic device. The two first metal sheets and the two second metal sheets form two capacitors, the power source provides power to the electronic device via the two capacitors and charges the battery after the power is processed by the voltage conversion circuit and the rectifier and filter circuit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126673 | SERVER RACK - A server rack includes a main body, a pair of rails, and a pair of air guiding members. The main body includes two opposite sidewalls, each of which include a first flange defining a number of first through holes and define an air hole. The rails define a channel communicating with the air holes in the main body. Each air guiding member covers the corresponding air hole and includes a second flange that contacts corresponding first flange and defines a number of second through holes. A portion of the second though holes in each second flange and the corresponding first through holes are inserted by fasteners and the other second through holes and the corresponding first through holes without the fasteners inserted are reserved for directing cooling air to the channel via the air guiding members and the air holes. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126672 | CASING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING BASE PLATE AND SUPPORTING POST - A casing includes a base plate and a supporting post extending upwardly from the base plate. The base plate and the supporting post are integrally formed as a single monolithic piece from the same material. The supporting post axially defines a fixing hole therein. The fixing hole has an opening at a top free end of the supporting post. The fixing hole includes a first section adjacent to the opening, a second section far from the opening and spaced from the first section, and a chamfer section between the first section and the second section. The first section has a diameter larger than that of the second section. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126557 | CLAMPING TWEEZERS - Clamping tweezers include two elastic arms, two grips, and an adjustment block. The two elastic arms are connected to each other at one end to form a connected end, and start to open from the connected end. Each elastic arm defines a number of spaced grooves adjacent to the connected end. The two grips are rotatably positioned on the distal ends of the two elastic arms, and include two gripping surfaces that face to each other. The adjustment block fits over the two elastic arms from the connected end, and includes teeth and an elastic piece configured for allowing the teeth to engage with the grooves. The adjustment block is able to slide along the elastic arms to adjust an open angle of the two elastic arms. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126556 | TWEEZERS - A tweezers include two resilient levers, and two pincers respectively defining two receiving spaces. The two levers respectively engage in the two receiving spaces. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126080 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBER - A mounting apparatus includes a bracket, a mounting member and a handgrip. The bracket receives a heat dissipating member. A positioning post is located on the bracket. The mounting member, attached to the bracket and rotatable relative to the bracket, is adapted for abutting a portion of the heat dissipating member. The handgrip is attached to the mounting member and rotatable relative to the mounting member. The handgrip defines a guiding hole. The positioning post is engaged in the guiding hole. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125945 | SURFACE MOUNTING APPARATUS AND WINDER THEREOF - An exemplary surface mounting apparatus includes a winder, a waste tape and a feeder for discharging the waste tape towards the winder. The winder includes a pivot, a wheel rotatably mounted around the pivot, and a coil spring disposed between the pivot and the wheel. An outer end of the coil spring is connected to the wheel to rotate with the wheel, and an inner end of the coil spring is static relative to the pivot during rotation of the wheel. The waste tape is connected to the wheel of the winder. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125915 | MICRO HEATER - A micro heater includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first carbon nanotube, and a second carbon nanotube. The first carbon nanotube extends from the first electrode. The second carbon nanotube branches from the second electrode. The first carbon nanotube and the second carbon nanotube intersect with each other to define a node therebetween. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125803 | DEVICE HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A device housing is provided. The device housing includes a substrate, and an anti-fingerprint film formed on the substrate. The anti-fingerprint film is a nano-composite coating consisting essentially of tin oxide. A method for making the device housing is also described. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125751 | MULTI DIRECTION SWITCH - A multi direction switch ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125682 | TERMINAL BOX FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A terminal box structured to be electrically connectable to a photovoltaic module. The terminal box comprises a housing molded on a heat sink to enclose a first portion of the heat sink, and leave a second portion of the heat sink not enclosed by the housing. A circuit portion of the terminal box is in thermal contact with the second portion of the heat sink, for example, through a thermal pad. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125681 | ENCLOSURE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An enclosure of an electronic device includes a chassis, a sliding plate slidably disposed on the chassis, and a pivot member. A number of vent holes and a location hole are defined in the chassis. A number of teeth are formed on a sidewall bounding the location hole. A through slot is defined in the sliding plate. A toothed rack is formed on a sidewall bounding the through slot. The pivot member extends through the through slot and the location hole. The pivot member includes a toothed portion engaging with the toothed rack and the teeth, and a smooth neck. When the toothed portion disengages from the teeth, the neck is pivotably received in the location hole, the pivot member is pivoted to drive the sliding member to slide relative to the chassis by the toothed portion rolling on the toothed rack, thereby exposing or covering the vent holes. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125679 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING DIFFERENTIAL VIAS - A printed circuit board includes an insulating board, a pair of differential vias, and a number of wiring layers. A pair of via holes extends through opposite surfaces of the insulating board. The differential vias correspond to the pair of via holes. Each differential via includes a metal plated barrel and two via capture pads. The plated barrel is plated on the inner surface of the respective via hole, and terminates at each of the two opposite surfaces of the insulating board. The via capture pads are formed on the opposite surfaces of the insulating board around the openings of the via hole, and are electrically connected to the plated barrel. The wiring layers are arranged in the insulating board, and each define a clearance hole surrounding all of the via capture pads. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125662 | STRAIN RELIEVING ELEMENT MOLDED ON A CABLE - A strain relieving element, comprising: a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, an intermediate portion connecting the front surface to the rear surface, a receiving passage passing through the front surface and the rear surface, two rows of through cavities extending inwardly from the intermediate portion at least, a rib dividing the adjacent through cavities in same row and a convex respectively formed between the adjacent rows of the through cavities, and between the adjacent rows of the ribs. The rib near to the rear surface is bigger than the rib far from the rear surface, the width of the ribs are gradually decreased along an axis direction from the rear surface to the front surface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125661 | STRAIN RELIEVING ELEMENT MOLDED ON A CABLE - A strain relieving element, comprising: a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, an intermediate portion connecting the front surface to the rear surface, a receiving passage passing through the front surface and the rear surface, a plurality of through cavities recessing inwardly from the intermediate portion and communicated with the receiving passage and a plurality of the notches recessing inwardly from the intermediate portion and apart from the receiving passage. The distance between the notches and the rear surface are closer than the distance between the through cavities and the rear surface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125656 | CABLE - A cable includes a conductive core, an insulating layer, a shielding layer, and a sheath. The sheath coats the shielding layer. The shielding layer coats the insulating layer. The insulating layer coats the conductive wire. The conductive core includes a conductive wire and a carbon nanotube film comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes coat the conductive core. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125645 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FIRE MONITORING METHOD USING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device performs a fire monitoring method in where the electronic device controls a mobile platform to move along a predetermined path, to capture the temperature distribution of an area to be monitored by an infrared capturing device, and detect a consistency of a flammable chemical substance with a smoke detector. The electronic device determines whether the area meets fire conditions by detecting whether the temperature distribution complies with a predetermined temperature distribution, or by detecting whether the consistency is greater than a predefined value. If the area meets the fire conditions, the electronic device determines a fire position, selects one fire extinguisher from the mobile platform to extinguish the fire position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125565 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FANS - A mounting apparatus for a fan includes an enclosure, a mounting bracket mounted to the enclosure, and a latch mounted to the enclosure. The mounting bracket includes a first end wall, and a second end wall opposite to the first end wall. The latch includes a main body resisting against a top of the fan, a clasping tab extending from a first end of the main body, and a locking tab extending from a second end of the main body. The fan module is accommodated in the mounting bracket. The clasping tab is mounted to the first end wall, and the locking tab is mounted to the second end wall. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124556 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND DEVICE DRIVER DEBUGGING METHOD - In a method for debugging device drivers of a computing device, a command line interface (CLI) is created in a user space of an operating system of the computing device. A command input by a user is received through the CLI, and transmitted to a kernel space of the operating system. The command is parsed to determine a function of a device driver and parameters of the function. An address of the function is inquired in the kernel space. The function is debugged according to the address of the function in the kernel space. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124521 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING MENU AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a graphical user interface, a display unit, a moving unit, an input unit, and a processor. The graphical user interface includes a menu. The menu includes a main menu having at least one main option. The display unit defines a first displaying region for displaying the at least one main option of the main menu and a selecting region in the first displaying region. The moving unit is used for moving the at least one main option in the display unit. The input unit is operable by users for generating an input signal accordingly. The processor selects the selected main option which is moved to be displayed in the selecting region in response to the input signal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124499 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH WIDGETS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING WIDGETS - An electronic device which includes a widget management module, a processor, a source acquiring module, and a display. The widget management module adds a new window and new viewable symbols or representations (views) inside the new window. The processor counts a number of existing windows and a number of existing views in each of the existing windows, calculates a new window identification code for the new window according to the number of existing window and the number of existing views in each of the existing windows, and calculates a new view identification code for each of the new views according to the new window identification code. The source acquiring module acquires sources and data from the sources based on each of the new view identification code and associates the source information with new view corresponding to the new view identification code, leading to the display of the new views. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124404 | COMPUTER HAVING ELECTRICITY SAVING FUNCTION - A computer includes a motherboard, a capacitive sensor antenna, a capacitive approach sensor module, and a micro control unit (MCU). The capacitive sensor antenna is used to sense a capacitive signal generated from people adjacent to the computer. The capacitive approach sensor module is used to receive the capacitive signal sensed by the capacitive sensor antenna. The MCU is used to receive the capacitive signal from the capacitive approach sensor module. The MCU outputs a first control signal to a sleep control pin of the motherboard to control the motherboard to enter a sleep state in response to the capacitive signal being less than a predetermined value. The MCU outputs a second control signal to the sleep control pin to control the motherboard to exit from the sleep state in response to the capacitive signal being greater than or equal to the predetermined value. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124396 | COMPUTER SERVER - A server includes a power line assembly, at least one hard disc drive (HDD), at least one fixing base, and a power supply module. Each HDD defines a power interface. Each fixing base defines a slot. The structure of the slot is substantially the same as that of the power interface. The power supply module is used for supplying power to the at least one HDD. The power line includes a main plug and at least two sub-plugs. The main plug is plugged into the power supply module. One of the at least two sub-plugs is plugged into the power interface of one of the at least one HDD, and another one of the at least two sub-plugs is plugged into the slot of one of the at least one fixing base. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124395 | COMPUTER POWER SUPPLY - A computer power supply includes a case and a number of power connectors. The power connectors are mounted on the case and operable to receive different kinds of power signals from the case. Each power connector outputs a corresponding power signal through a corresponding power adapter cable. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124358 | CONFIGURATION INFORMATION RECOVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A basic input output system (BIOS) microchip of a card and method recovers configuration information of the BIOS microchip of the card. The BIOS microchip of the card invokes a reading function from a BIOS microchip of a motherboard to read predetermined configuration information from the BIOS microchip of the motherboard. The BIOS microchip of the card replaces the configuration information stored in the BIOS microchip of the card by the predetermined configuration information, in response to a determination that the configuration information stored in the BIOS microchip of the card is different from the predetermined configuration information. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124352 | PRE-INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT USED BY OPERATING SYSTEMS - A pre-installation environment used by an operating system includes a pre-installation kit, a running unit, and a write inhibiting unit. The running unit is used for running the pre-installation kit, and generating an inhibiting signal when running to call the executable files for configuring network environment. The write inhibiting unit is used for inhibiting information generated by running the executable files from being written into a log file in response to the inhibiting signal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124288 | REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DRIVE LETTER OF THE REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE - A method for physically identifying an association between a removable storage device and its assigned drive letter, the removable storage device connecting to a computing device. A data structure which comprises the drive letter assigned by an operating system of the computing device is received and analyzed to retrieve the drive letter assigned to the removable storage device. The drive letter of the removable storage device is displayed on a screen of the removable storage device or on a display device connected to the removable storage device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124267 | VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY INTERFACE SWITCH APPARATUS - A video graphics array (VGA) interface switch apparatus includes first to third VGA interfaces, a single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch, a switch control chip, and first to sixth electronic switches. The first VGA interface is connected to the second and third VGA interfaces through the switch control chip and the electronic switches. The SPDT switch is used to control the first VGA interface to be selectively connected to the second or third VGA interface. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124242 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR TESTING PXE FUNCTION OF NETWORK INTERFACE CARD - In a method for testing a preboot execution environment (PXE) function of a NIC of a server, an IP address is allocated for the NIC by sending a DHCP offer message to the NIC in response to receiving a DHCP discover message from the NIC. TFTP parameters are provided to the NIC by sending a DHCP ACK message to the NIC in response to receiving a DHCP request message from the NIC. A connection based on a MTFTP or a TFTP between the BMC and the NIC is established according to the TFTP parameters. A PXE image file is provided to the NIC for downloading through the connection in response to receiving a request for downloading the PXE image file from the NIC, and the downloaded PXE image file is executed to test whether the PXE function of the NIC is normal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COLLECTION OF MEDIA FILES - A media collection generating system includes a location module, a scanning module, and a verifying module. The location module specifies one or more locations where media files are stored. The scanning module scans the media files in the one or more locations. The collection generator generates a collection of the scanned media files. The verifying module verifies the media files in the collection and if a media file is invalid, deletes the media file from the collection. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123729 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONVERTING MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS - A method of converting a measurement program A of a first measurement machine to a measurement program B which is usable to a second measurement machine B inserts the measurement information of the measurement program A into a measurement program template A′ of the first measurement machine to generate a measurement program template A | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123717 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING MEASUREMENT PATHS - A method of optimizing measurement paths computes a minimum bounding box for the measurement elements on a product, and computes a capturing range of a lens of a measurement machine. The method divides the minimum bounding box into M*N partitions according to the capturing range, and assigns a number to each of the M*N partitions. The method puts the number of a partition which exclusively encloses a measurement element into a first array, and puts a number set that includes the numbers of the partitions which all enclose a measurement element into a second array, and lists the numbers of the partitions in order according to the first array and the second array to generate a measurement path. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122419 | EMERGENCY MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - In a method for transmitting an emergency message by an electronic device, a start signal is generated at the time of a trigger operation by a detection unit, location information of the electronic device is periodically acquired and transmitted to a memory by a location acquisition unit; location at the time of the trigger operation or that at the most recent time point is acquired from the memory, an emergency message is generated based on the acquired location information and transmitted to one or more pre-determined target addresses by a transmission unit. An electronic device for transmitting the emergency message is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122354 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH RELIABLE TERMINAL POSITION - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122346 | LOW PROFILE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of electrical contacts secured to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a pair of opposite top surface and bottom surfaces. Each electrical contact includes a retaining section received in the insulative housing, a flat offset section bending from a top end of the retaining section and extending along the top surface of the insulative housing, a soldering section bending from a bottom end of the retaining section, and a cantilevered contact arm bending downwardly from the offset section and projecting into the insulative housing. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122340 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH REINFORCING PLATES - A card connector ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122334 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED GRONDING DEVICE - A cable assembly, comprising a housing, a plurality of conductive terminals received in the housing; a metal shell enclosing the housing; a cable electrically connected to the conductive terminals and a foil. The cable has a number of wires, a braided layer enclosing the wires and an outer insulative pin enclosing the braided layer, each wire has a conductor and an inner insulative pin enclosing the conductor, the braided layer is turned back and encloses a surface of the outer insulative pin. The foil encloses the braided layer which is turned back, and is sandwiched in the metal shell. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122332 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH CONTACTS EMBEDDED IN INNER BOTTOM OF MATING CAVITY - A connector assembly includes a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle includes a receptacle housing and a plurality of receptacle contacts received in the housing. The housing includes a mating cavity and a mating face defined on an inner bottom of the mating cavity. Each receptacle contact includes a plate contacting section embedded on the mating face. The plug includes a plug housing inserted in the mating cavity of the receptacle and a plurality of plug contacts received in the plug housing. The housing includes a mating face confronting with mating face of the receptacle. Each plug contact includes an elastic contacting section projecting beyond the mating face of the plug to touch with the receptacle contact. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122221 | CULTURE MEDIUM AND HYDROPHILIC COMPOSITE THEREOF - A hydrophilic composite includes a carbon nanotube structure and a protein layer. The carbon nanotube structure has at least one carbon nanotube film. The protein layer covers one surface of the carbon nanotube structure, and is coupled to the at least one carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on a substrate. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121926 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A coated article includes a substrate, an anti-corrosion layer formed on the substrate, and a decorative layer formed on the anti-corrosion layer. The substrate is made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. The anti-corrosion layer includes an aluminum layer formed on the substrate and an aluminum oxide layer formed on the aluminum layer. The coated article has improved corrosion resistance. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121895 | ANTI-CORROSION TREATMENT PROCESS FOR ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY AND ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY ARTICLE THEREOF - An aluminum or aluminum alloy article is described. The aluminum or aluminum alloy article includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, a color layer formed on the substrate, and an insulation layer formed on the color layer. The color layer is formed by vacuum sputtering. The insulation layer is an external layer of the aluminum or aluminum article. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121856 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A coated article is provided. The coated article includes a substrate, a bonding layer formed on the substrate, and an anti-fingerprint layer formed on the bonding layer. The bonding layer comprises silicon-oxygen compound and has a plurality of nano-sized mastoids on a surface boding the anti-fingerprint layer. The anti-fingerprint layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene and has a profile corresponding to the profile of the bonding layer. A method for making the coated article is also described there. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121855 | ADHESIVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An adhesive assembly includes a first member, a second member, and an adhesive. The first member includes a first surface, a receiving groove defined in the first surface, a flowing groove defined in the first surface apart from the receiving groove, an injecting inlet defined in the bottom surface of the receiving groove, and an outlet defined in the bottom surface of the flowing groove. The flowing groove partially communicates with the receiving groove. The adhesive is injected in the receiving groove through the injecting inlet to adhere the first member to the second member. A method for making the adhesive assembly is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120608 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH HEAT SINK - A printed circuit board includes a heat sink and a circuit board. The heat sink includes four magnetic poles extending from four corners of a bottom of the heat sink. The circuit board includes a heat-generating component and four magnetic holders corresponding to the magnetic poles. Each magnetic holder defines an inserting hole to receive a corresponding magnetic pole. The heat sink is fixed on the circuit board and the heat-generating component contacts to the bottom of the heat sink in response to the magnetic poles being inserted into the inserting holes of the magnetic holders. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120606 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH HEAT SINK - A printed circuit board includes a heat sink and a circuit board. The heat sink defines two fixing blind holes respectively arranged on adjacent opposite ends of the heat sink. The circuit board includes a heat-generating component and two fixing elements corresponding to the fixing blind holes. Each fixing elements includes a fixing portion fixed on the circuit board, a locking portion, and an elastic portion extending from a first end of the locking portion to be connected to the fixing portion. A second end of the locking portion of each fixing element is inserted into a corresponding fixing blind hole, to fix the heat sink on the heat-generating component. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120601 | FAN MOUNTING APPARATUS - A mounting apparatus for fixing a fan defining fixing notches in an exterior surface of the fan to a chassis includes a frame. The frame includes a base panel fixed to the chassis, two side panels respectively extending up from opposite ends of the base panel, and two elastic fixing portions respectively extending up from the side panels away from the base panel. When the fan is disposed in the frame, the base panel, the side panels, and the locking portions of the frame resist the exterior surface of the fan and the fixing portions are received in the corresponding fixing notches of the fan. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120595 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH AIRFLOW GUIDING DUCT - A computer system includes a computer case and a heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device includes a heat sink, a fan and an airflow guiding duct. The fan is attached to the heat sink, and the airflow guiding duct covers on the fan. The airflow guiding duct includes a bottom panel, two side panels and a blocking panel. Each side panel includes a first panel and a second panel connected to the first panel. The blocking panel is slanted and connected to the bottom panel and the second panel of each side panel, the blocking panel is adapted to allow the air to pass through the airflow guiding duct, and an inward direction of the airflows generated by the fan is substantially perpendicular or oblique to an outward direction of the airflow. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120592 | DISK DRIVE MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A disk drive mechanism includes a bracket and a tray slidably received in the bracket. The bracket includes a bottom wall, two sidewalls protruding from the bottom wall, two guiding rails fixed to the sidewalls respectively, and two sliding rails slidably coupled to the guiding rails respectively. The bottom wall and the sidewalls cooperatively define an entrance. Each guiding rail includes an end maintaining a distance from the entrance. The tray is slidably coupled to the sliding rails and is capable of being inserted into and ejected out of the bracket from the entrance via the sliding rails. A supporting member is arranged between the end of each guiding rail and the entrance. The supporting member is used to support the sliding rails in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the tray inserted into the bracket. An electronic device using the disk drive mechanism is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120590 | HARD DISK DRIVE MOUNT AND HARD DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY USING SAME - An exemplary hard disk drive mount includes a casing and a fixing plate. The casing defines a receiving space configured for receiving hard disk drives therein. The casing defines through holes at one side thereof. The fixing plate includes bulges corresponding to the through holes. The fixing plate is attached to the side of the casing with the bulges respectively traversing through the through holes into the receiving space of the casing. The bulges are elastically deformable such that when a given one of the hard disk drives is received in the receiving space, corresponding ones of the bulges resiliently abut a side of the hard disk drive and exert a compressing force on the hard disk drive whereby the hard disk drive is fixed in the casing. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120589 | DISK DRIVE MOUNTING APPARATUS - A disk drive mounting apparatus includes a tray for receiving a disk drive, and a flexible retaining member. The retaining member has two ends mounted to the tray. The flexible retaining member is to sandwich the disk drive together with the tray. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120579 | SERVER - A server includes two opposite brackets and a keyboard module. The keyboard module includes a supporting board fixed between the brackets and a keyboard slidably mounted on the supporting board. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120568 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONNECTION STRUCTURE - An electronic device includes a front cover and a back cover. A number of first connecting members are fixed to the back cover, and each of the plurality of first connecting members is made of elastically deformable material and defines a first hole. A number of second connecting members are fixed to the front cover, and each of the plurality of second connecting members includes a protruding post. The protruding post engages the first hole to connect the front cover to the back cover. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120567 | WRIST WORN DEVICE - A wrist worn device is provided. The wrist worn device includes a cover, a case, and a rotatable ring. The case is coupled to the cover. The case includes a switch. The rotatable ring is rotatably arranged between the cover and the case. A number of protrusions protrude from the surface of the rotatable ring. Each protrusion can move together with the rotatable ring to a position to actuate the switch. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120563 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE SUPPORTER - An electronic device includes a main body and a rotatable supporter. The main body includes a housing and an elastic element fixed to the inner surface of the housing. One end of the rotatable supporter connects to the housing. The rotatable supporter includes a shaft and a positioning element. The positioning element passes through the housing to contact the elastic element and includes at least two engaging surfaces. The rotatable supporter is connected to the housing through the shaft. When one of the engaging surfaces contacts the elastic element in parallel, the rotatable supporter is maintained at a position. When the rotatable supporter is rotated to deform the elastic element and make another engaging surfaces contacts the elastic element in parallel, the rotatable supporter is maintained at another position. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120511 | VOICE COIL MOTOR - A voice coil motor includes a stationary member, a moveable member, a base, and two guide posts. The stationary member includes a stationary frame and a number of magnets fixed on the stationary frame. The stationary frame defines a first receiving room. The moveable member is received in the first receiving room and includes a barrel holder and a coil. The barrel holder defines a second receiving room for receiving a lens barrel. The coil wraps around the barrel holder. Two through holes extend from a top surface to a bottom surface of the barrel holder. The base supports the stationary member and the moveable member. The guide posts are perpendicularly fixed on the base and pass through the through holes of the moveable member. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120353 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multidimensional display apparatus includes a main display screen divided into at least three display areas including a first centre display area and at least two surrounded display areas, at least two reflective elements, and at least three display surfaces. The reflective elements are arranged above and inclined with respect to the second display areas, and a reflection surface of each of the reflective elements faces the corresponding second display area. One of the display surfaces is above the first display area, and the other two are corresponding to the second display areas, facing the reflection surfaces of the reflective elements. The contents displayed on the first display area is viewable on the display surface above, and the contents displayed on the second display areas are reflected by the corresponding reflection surfaces of the reflective elements and viewable on the other two display surfaces. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120329 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A projection device with a brightness adjustment function includes a polarization beam splitter (PBS), a light source, a reflective display, a lens module, a power supply unit, a light detection unit and a power controller. The light source emits light to the PBS. The PBS reflects a portion of the light to the reflective display, and transmits a remaining portion of the light. The lens module projects the images. The light detection unit acquires a digital value of a portion of the light reflected by the PBS that is not received by the reflective display, and compares the digital value with a predetermined digital value to generate a control signal. The power controller for adjusts power from the power supply unit to the light source according to the control signal until the digital value matches the predetermined digital value of the light from the light source. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120298 | LENS MODULE, CAMERA MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MAKING LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a lens holder, a liquid crystal lens, wires, and a driving unit. The holder includes an outer surface, a first end portion adjacent to an object side, and a second end portion adjacent to an image side. The first end portion and the second end portion are at opposite sides of the holder. The outer surface connects the first end portion to the second end portion. The holder defines wire grooves in the first end portion and the outer surface. The liquid crystal lens is received in the first end portion. The wires are formed on the first end portion and the outer surface in the grooves. The wires are electrically connected to the liquid crystal lens. The driving unit is electrically connected to the wires and drives the liquid crystal lens to zoom. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120219 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EMOTION MANAGEMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - An electronic device and emotion management method includes presetting emotion classifications having different facial expression features, and presetting a relaxation method corresponding to each of the emotion classifications. Original characteristic values of facial expression features of each of the emotion classifications are stored in a storage device. An image is acquired using a camera module. Expression characteristic values of a human face of a recognized person in the image are acquired to determine an emotion classification of the determined expression characteristic values. A relaxation method corresponding to the determined emotion classification is executed to calm the recognized person. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120025 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TEXT INPUT - An input text correcting method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes detecting whether a display is touched, recording sound generated by friction between a touching finger and the display when the display is being touched, comparing the recorded sound with the one or more standard sounds. Determining a touch operation on a touch area is an erasing operation and further determining display text in the touch area when the recorded sound matches the one or more standard sounds, and erasing the display text in the touch area. An electronic device for implementing the input text correcting method is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119913 | CONTROL CIRCUIT - A control circuit includes a temperature detection circuit, a comparison circuit, and an alarm circuit. The temperature detection circuit detects the temperature of a first socket and outputs a first temperature signal correspondingly. The comparison circuit compares the temperature signal with a reference temperature signal corresponding to a reference temperature, and outputs a control signal according to the comparison result. The alarm circuit alerts the users according to the control signal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119818 | THREE-POLE THREE-THROW SWITCH AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A three-pole three-throw switch and a communication device employing the three-pole three-throw switch includes six diodes and six inductors. The six diodes are connected in series with a same direction. Common nodes of each two diodes form three poles and three throws. The three poles and the three throws are linked together in circular form. The three poles and the three throws receive control signals via the six inductor, respectively. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119814 | POWER OFF CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A power off circuit includes a switching unit, a detecting unit, a power management unit, a delay unit, and a control unit. The switching unit is connected to a power source. The detecting unit detects whether the switching unit is turned off and generates a detecting signal when detecting that the switching unit is turned off. The power management unit receives a supply voltage from the power source and provides an operating voltage to at least one functional module. The control unit signals the at least one functional module to be ready for being powered off according to the detecting signal. The delay unit generates a control signal after a predetermined time period from a time point when the switching unit is turned off, the power management unit stops providing the operating voltage to the at least one functional module according to the control signal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119636 | HOLDING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus includes a bracket and a receiving case. The receiving case is mounted to the bracket and receives a plurality of products. In addition includes a front wall, a rear wall opposite to the front wall, a bottom wall connected to the rear wall, two opposite sidewalls connected to the front wall, rear wall and the bottom wall. The front wall defines a through hole, and the through hole extends to the bottom wall. An acute angle is defined between the bottom wall and the front wall. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119038 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A cable management apparatus includes a securing board and a cable management tray. The securing board has a securing arm extending upward from the securing board. The cable management tray is hung on the securing arm and includes a base and a door rotatably secured to the base. A hook is substantially perpendicular to the base, and a clasping hole is defined in the door. The door is rotatable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the hook is engaged in the clasping hole, the base and the door together define a space, and a cable is received in the space in a direction substantially parallel to the base. In the second position, the hook is removed from the clasping hole, to disengage the cable from the space. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118627 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An electromagnetic shielding article includes a plastic substrate; an aluminum layer deposited on the plastic substrate; an electromagnetic shielding layer deposited on the aluminum layer; and a protection layer deposited on the electromagnetic shielding layer. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118626 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An electromagnetic shielding article includes a plastic substrate; a nickel vanadium layer deposited on the plastic substrate; an electromagnetic shielding layer deposited on the plastic substrate; and a protection layer deposited on the electromagnetic shielding layer. A method for manufacturing the electromagnetic shielding article comprising steps of: providing a plastic substrate; depositing a nickel vanadium layer on the plastic substrate by radio-frequency induction plasma spraying process; depositing an electromagnetic shielding layer on the nickel vanadium layer; and depositing a protection layer on the electromagnetic shielding layer. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118625 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An electromagnetic shielding article includes a plastic substrate, a silicon dioxide layer deposited on the plastic substrate, an electromagnetic shielding layer deposited on the plastic substrate, and a protection layer deposited on the electromagnetic shielding layer. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118555 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A noise reduction apparatus is mounted in a container data center. The container data center includes a container and a number of servers mounted inside the container. The noise reduction apparatus includes a first sensor, a number of fan adjusting systems, and a number of temperature sensors. The first sensor is mounted at an entrance of the container. When a user enters the container, the first sensor outputs a first control signal. The fan adjusting systems slow down fans in the servers according to the first control signal. When the user leaves the container, the first sensor outputs a second control signal. The fan adjusting systems speed up the fans according to the second control signal. The temperature sensors sense temperatures inside the servers respectively. The fan adjusting systems further speed up the fans when the temperatures exceed a preset temperature. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118553 | HEAT VENTILATION APPARATUS - An exemplary heat ventilation apparatus includes a server system having servers, a temperature sensor, a blower unit and a controlling unit electrically connected to the temperature sensor and the blower unit. The temperature sensor is mounted on the server system for sensing a temperature of an interior of the server system. The blower unit is adapted for drawing hot air from the server system to warm buildings. The controlling unit outputs different signals to turn on or turn off the blower unit according to different temperatures of the interior of the server system. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118501 | METHOD FOR FORMING HYDROPHILIC COMPOSITE - A method for forming a hydrophilic composite includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A carbon nanotube structure having a number of carbon nanotubes is provided. The carbon nanotube structure is disposed on the substrate. A protein solution is provided. The substrate with the carbon nanotube structure is immersed in the protein solution to form a protein layer on the carbon nanotube structure, forming the hydrophilic composite. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118235 | FILM COATING DEVICE - A film coating device includes a film coating holder, a film coating cover, and a filter plate. The film coating holder includes a number of through holes defined therein for receiving workpieces to be coated. The film coating cover covers the film coating holder from a top side of the film coating holder. The filter plate is mounted on a bottom of the film coating holder, and defines a number of filter holes for letting vaporized coating material through and blocking impurities. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117795 | WORKPIECE SUPPLYING DEVICE - A workpiece supplying device for spacing a number of workpieces includes a transportation plate and a spacing block. The transportation plate includes a first end and an opposite second end, a feed track extending from the first end to the second end, and a guiding slot communicating with the feed track. The feed track feeds the number of workpieces from the first end to the second end in sequence. The spacing block is slidable along the guiding slot to space every two neighboring workpieces in the feed track. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117794 | SURFACE MOUNT MACHINE NOZZLE - An exemplary surface mount machine nozzle includes a mounting element, a pneumatic suction nozzle and a fixing pin. The mounting element defines one of a pivot hole and an elongated perforation in a sidewall thereof. The pneumatic suction nozzle defines another one of the pivot hole and the elongated perforation therein. The fixing pin horizontally extends through the pivot hole and the perforation for connecting the mounting element and the pneumatic suction nozzle together. The fixing pin is slidable along the elongated perforation such that the pneumatic suction nozzle is telescopically slidable relative to the mounting element. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117429 | BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER AND MEMORY ERROR DETECTION METHOD OF COMPUTING DEVICE UTILIZED THEREBY - A method detects a memory error of a computing device using a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the computing device. The BMC includes a microprocessor and a storage system. The method reads data of a state register of a processor of the computing device when the microprocessor receives an interrupt signal generated by the processor due to an internal error of the processor. Then the method determines whether the internal error is a multiple-bit error of a memory of the computing device according to the read data. Upon the condition that the internal error is the multiple-bit error, the method records error information of the multiple-bit error in the storage system. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117310 | USB FLASH DRIVE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING FUNCTIONS OF THE USB FLASH DRIVE - A system and a method for switching functions of A Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive includes setting a bilateral switch under a first triggered status represents that the USB flash drive is in a boot mode, and under a second triggered status represents that the USB flash drive is in a memory mode. The switching method further includes a determination of whether the USB flash drive is in the boot mode, according to the triggered status of the bilateral switch. The switching method further includes controlling the host controller to access data in a flash memory in the USB flash drive, if the USB flash drive is in the boot mode; or controlling the host controller to access data in a main flash memory section in the flash memory if the USB flash drive is in the boot mode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117308 | DATA PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A data protection device includes a basic input output system chip and a main control chip. The basic input output system chip stores basic input output system program and includes a write protection pin and a plurality of status registers. The main control chip includes a plurality of general purpose input output pins. One general purpose input output pin is electrically connected to the write protection pin of the basic input output system chip, the voltage level of the general purpose input output pin is controlled by performing different command programs of the basic input output system program, and the status registers and the basic input output system chip are selectable to be in a write protection mode or a writable mode under the control of the voltage level of the write protection pin of the basic input output system chip. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115664 | MULTI-AXIS TRANSMISSION - An multi-axis transmission includes a frame, a motor, a housing, a first output mechanism, a second output mechanism, and a output control mechanism. The motor is secured to the frame, the motor includes a rotary shaft. The housing is axially slidably attached to the frame. The first output mechanism is secured to the frame. The second output mechanism is rotatably attached to the housing. The output control mechanism is secured to the rotary shaft, the output control mechanism is selected to engage the first output mechanism to output a first movement or to engage the second output mechanism to output a second movement angular with the first moment. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115543 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PHONE FUNCTION - The present disclosure provides a head mounted display apparatus with phone function. The display apparatus includes a framework, at least one micro display mounted on the framework, a phone unit, a projecting unit, an image capturing unit, and a processing unit. The phone unit can communicate with external land phones or mobile phones to receive or dial a call. The processing unit directs the projecting unit to project a virtual keyboard onto a projection surface, directs the image capturing unit to capture images of the virtual keyboard, determines input information by comparing each captured image with the image of the initial virtual keyboard, and controls the phone unit to dial a call according to input numbers after receiving a dialing command | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115411 | AIR CONDUCTION DEVICE - An air conduction device includes main body defining a first passage through which airflow passes, and two adjusting members. A top of the main body defines a cutout communicating with the first passage. The cutout includes two opposite slanted sidewalls, and each slanted sidewall defines a plurality of slots aligned in a line along a slanted direction of the slanted sidewall. An elastic hook extends from each adjusting member. The adjusting members are accommodated in the cutout, with the elastic hooks selectively engaged in one of the corresponding slots. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115367 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AND ERECTING CARBON NANOTUBE COLUMN - A method for integrating and erecting CNT column, comprises following steps of: 1) providing a conductive layer; 2) applying a non-conductive layer over the conductive layer; 3) forming a via on the non-conductive substrate; 4) placing an electrode above the via; 5) deploying dispersive liquid containing CNT powder into the via; 6) applying a predetermined AC electric field between the conductive substrate and the electrode for integrating and erecting the CNT powder into CNT column under electric field force. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115365 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED OUTER COVER - An electrical connector, comprising: a mating portion, a cable electrically connected to the mating portion, an inner molding molded on a rear end of the mating portion and a front end of the cable, an outer cover assembled on the inner molding and enclosing the front portion of the inner molding and an outer molding enclosing the rear portion of the inner molding and attached to the outer cover. The inner molding defines a front portion located on a front end thereof, a rear portion located on a rear end thereof and a groove between the front portion and the rear portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115364 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED GROUNDING MEMBERS - An electrical connector ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115362 | MODULAR JACK WITH SHEILDING PLATE BETWEEN MAGNETIC COMPONENTS - An electrical connector ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115359 | CABLE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED FOR POWER AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING - A cable assembly ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115352 | MODULAR JACK WITH A PAIR OF LED DEVICES THEREON - An indicator comprises a casing, a first terminal with a first end retained in the casing and a second end extending downwardly from the casing, a chip mounted on said first end and received in said casing, a second terminal also with one end retained in said casing, and conductive elements, connecting with said first and second terminals. A zener diode is also mounted on the first end of the first terminal and received in said casing, the chip and the zener diode are respectively connected with said one end of the second terminal by individual conductive elements, which can provide an ESD protection for the indicator. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115350 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE - An electrical connector includes a rectangular insulative housing having a number of passageways and a number of electrical contacts retained in the passageways, respectively. The insulative housing defines a first alignment hole and a second alignment hole on a diagonal line thereof. The first alignment hole has a pair of flat surfaces extending along the diagonal line and a pair of curved surfaces connected with the flat surfaces for engaging with a mating post to position the electrical connector on a printed circuit board. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115337 | MAGNETIC CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED GROUNDING MEMBER - A magnetic connector includes an insulative housing having a chamber, a first contact retained in the chamber, a magnetic element having a receiving hole recessed rearwards from a front face thereof for accommodating the housing therein, and a grounding member exposed outside of the magnetic element to surrounding the magnetic element. The grounding member covers the front face of the magnetic element for mating with a counterpart contact. The grounding member exposed outside of the magnetic element and covers the front face for facilitating reliable interconnection with a counterpart contact. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114967 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A coated article includes a substrate, an anti-corrosion layer formed on the substrate, and a decorative layer formed on the anti-corrosion layer. The substrate is made of magnesium or magnesium alloy. The anti-corrosion layer includes a magnesium layer formed on the substrate and a magnesium oxide layer formed on the magnesium layer. The coated article has improved corrosion resistance. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114950 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A coated article includes a metal layer coated on a substrate. The substrate is made of plastic with photosensitivity property, and has a plurality of free radicals —O. and —CO. a surface thereof. The metal layer is coated on the substrate. The free radicals link with metal atoms of the metal layer to connect the substrate and the metal layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114500 | FAN HOLDER AND HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary fan holder is adapted for fixing a fan onto a heat sink. The fan holder is strip-shaped, and includes a top side portion, a bottom side portion, a front side portion and a rear side portion joined together. Each of the side portions of the fan holder includes a slide portion and a sheath connected to each other. A position where the slide portion and the sheath are connected can be adjusted to change a length of the side portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114461 | FAN MODULE AND VIBRATION-DAMPING MOUNTING THEREFOR - A fan module with vibration-damping mounting includes a cooling fan, a support frame and a clip detachably fixing the cooling fan to the support frame. The clip includes a mounting portion fixed to the support frame, fixing portions supporting the cooling fan, and vibration reducing portions. Each of the vibration reducing portions is connected between a corresponding fixing portion and the mounting portion. The fixing portions are spaced from the support frame, to prevent a vibration of the cooling fan from being transferred to the support frame. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114288 | CABLE ASSEMBLY TRANSMITTING WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SIGNALS - A cable assembly ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114287 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector includes a coupling portion. The coupling portion includes a first end surface and an opposite second end surface. The first end surface includes a number of lenses arranged thereat and a number of engaging holes formed therein. The second end surface includes a number of optical fiber holes formed therein and aligned with the respective lenses, and a number of posts formed thereon. Each of the posts has a spring member arranged thereon. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114111 | TELECONFERENCE DEVICE - A teleconference device includes a microphone, a support member, and a loudspeaker. The loudspeaker includes a hollow casing, a speaker arranged within the hollow casing and on a bottom thereof; and a hard plate arranged under the speaker and abutting against the support member. The hollow casing is heavier than the hard plate to cause the hard plate to stay in tight contact with the support member, to allow sound outputted by the loudspeaker through the support member. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113785 | DISK POSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computing device and method determines a position of a disk when the disk works abnormally. The computer searches out problem disks by determining if each disk included in the just a bundle of disks (JBOD) works normally, and determining if the computer can obtain a serial number of each problem disk. The computer notifies a user of the order number of the problem disk and an order number of the JBOD, in response to a determination that the computer can obtain serial number of the problem disk. The computer obtains the order number of the problem disk by deleting the data of the disk that works normally from the disk table, and notifying the user of the order number of the disk and the order number of the JBOD, in response to a determination that the computer fails to obtain serial number of the problem disk. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113612 | HOLDING APPARATUS FOR UPRIGHT PLUG-IN ELEMENT - A holding apparatus includes a receiving element and an elastic element. The receiving element is fixed on a circuit board and receives an upright plug-in element. The receiving element defines two through holes in two sides of the receiving element. The through holes have different axial lines. The elastic element includes a main pole and two branch poles respectively perpendicularly extending down from two ends of the main pole. Two opposite pins respectively extend from distal ends of the branch poles. The pins of the elastic element are respectively inserted in the through holes of the receiving element, to locate the upright plug-in element between the elastic element and the receiving element. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113602 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND FILTER MODULE - A electrical connector assembly includes a mother board ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113580 | COMPUTER SYSTEM - A computer system includes a computer case, a cover, and an air duct. The computer case includes a display, a housing connected to the display. A motherboard is attached to the housing, and a fan module. The motherboard includes a heat generating component. A first input opening and an output opening is defined in the cover. The output opening corresponds to the fan module. The air duct is mounted on the heat generating component. A plurality first holes are defined in the air duct corresponding to the heat generating component. The air duct corresponds to the first input opening to guide air to flow to the heat generating component via the first input opening and the plurality of first holes. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113573 | CABLE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED FOR POWER AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING - A cable assembly ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113529 | LENS SYSTEM HAVING WIDE-ANGLE, HIGH RESOLUTION, AND LARGE APERTURE - A lens system, in the order from the subject side to the image side thereof, includes an aperture stop, a first lens of positive refractive power, a second lens of negative refractive power, a third lens of positive refractive power, and a fourth lens of negative refractive power. The image lens satisfies the formulae: G2R2| 05-10-2012 | |
| 20120113526 | ZOOM PROJECTION LENS SYSTEM - A zoom projection lens system, in order from the magnification side to the minification side thereof, includes a first lens group with negative refraction power, a second lens group with positive refraction power, a third lens group with positive refraction power, a fourth lens group with negative refraction power; and a fifth lens group with positive refraction power. The first, second, third, fourth lens group are movably positioned, and the fifth lens group is immovably positioned. The first lens group includes a first aspherical plastic lens. The second lens group includes a second aspherical plastic lens. The fourth lens group includes a third aspherical plastic lens. The system satisfies the formula: −2.4≦F | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113311 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINT OF LENS OF IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A method for adjusting a focal point of a lens of an image capture device obtains a plurality of images of a monitored scene captured by a lens of the image capture device, and detects a motion area in the monitored scene from the obtained images. The method further adjusts a focal point of the lens of the image capture device to a specified position of the motion area upon the condition that the motion area has been detected. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113066 | OPTICAL PEN - The optical pen includes a transparent head, an optical source, an optical sensor, a first optical fiber module, a second bundled optical fiber, and a microcontroller. The first optical fiber module includes at least two first bundled optical fibers. Opposite ends of each first bundled optical fiber are respectively adjacent to the transparent head and the optical source. The first bundled optical fibers guide the light from the optical source to a reflective surface. The second bundled optical fiber is arranged between the first bundled optical fibers. The second bundled optical fiber guides the light reflected from the reflective surface to the optical sensor. The optical sensor converts the reflected light to electrical signals. The microcontroller processes the electrical signals to generate corresponding control signals and transmits the control signals to an external electronic device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112993 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display module for displaying an image, a backlight module for providing backlight to the display module, a memory, a brightness computing module, a retrieving module, and a backlight adjusting module. The memory is used for storing a relationship between an image brightness and a backlight adjusting coefficient. The brightness computing module is used for computing the brightness of a current display image. The retrieving module is used for retrieving a backlight adjusting coefficient corresponding to the current display image from the memory according to the current display image brightness. The backlight adjusting module is used for adjusting backlight brightness provided by the backlight module according to the backlight adjusting coefficient retrieved by the retrieving module. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112867 | CHOKE MODULE HAVING IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MAGNETIC UNIT - A choke module ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112715 | SNUBBER CIRCUIT FOR BUCK CONVERTER - A snubber circuit for decreasing a voltage spike of a buck converter includes a resistor unit, a capacitor unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The resistor unit provides multiple groups of resistance values. The capacitor unit provides multiple groups of capacitance values. The detecting unit detects voltage spikes of the buck converter corresponding to each group of resistance values and capacitance values. The control unit selects each group of resistance and capacitance to respectively connect to the buck converter and determines a group of resistance and capacitance corresponding to a lowest voltage spike by comparing the detected voltage spikes with each other. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112678 | FAN SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT - A fan speed control circuit includes a first fan, a second fan, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a PWM regulator, and a driving module. The first temperature sensor senses a temperature of the first component to generate a first temperature signal. The second temperature sensor senses a temperature of a second component to generate a second temperature signal. The PWM regulator is connected to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The PWM regulator generates a first PWM signal according to the first temperature signal and generates a second PWM signal according to the second temperature signal. The driving module is connected to the PWM regulator. The driving module generates a first driving voltage provided to the first fan according to the first PWM signal. The driving module also generates a second driving voltage provided to the second fan according to the second PWM signal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112663 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A light-emitting diode (LED) control circuit includes a switch, a control signal generating circuit, a voltage conversion device, and N switching circuits. The voltage conversion device converts a first direct current (DC) power supply to a second DC power supply for supplying power to the control signal generating circuit. The control signal generating circuit outputs different control signals according to the switch to turn on or off the N switching circuits, thus power is supplied to corresponding groups of LEDs. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112548 | BATTERY CONTROL CIRCUIT - A battery control circuit includes an electronic switch, first and second diodes, and first and second batteries. A positive terminal of the first battery is connected to a positive terminal of the second battery through the first diode. A negative terminal of the first battery is connected to a positive terminal of the second battery through the electronic switch, and connected to a negative terminal of the second battery through the second diode. When the electronic switch receives a first control signal, the electronic switch is turned on, the first and second diodes are turned off, and the first and second batteries are connected in series. When the electronic switch receives a second control signal, the electronic switch is turned off, the first and second diodes are turned on, and the first and second batteries are connected in parallel. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112483 | HOLDING DEVICE - A holding device includes a fixing base, a rotary driving member, a first positioning member, a first holding assembly, a second holding assembly, and a second positioning member. The rotary driving member and the first positioning member are mounted on the fixing base. The first holding assembly and the second holding assembly are driven by the rotary driving member to rotate about a rotation axis. The first positioning member can move relative to the second positioning member to engage with the second positioning member, to position the first holding assembly and the second holding assembly. The first holding assembly and the second holding assembly can move separately to complete different tasks. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111749 | DEDUSTING APPARATUS AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A dedusting apparatus is for a container data center. The container data center includes a mobile container and a number of servers mounted inside the container. The dedusting apparatus includes a sensor, an air shower, a timer, and a controller. The sensor is mounted at an entrance of the container to output a first sensed signal when a user enters the container through the entrance. The timer starts timing according to the first sensed signal. When the timer reaches a preset time, the timer outputs a time signal. The controller activates the air shower according to the first sensed signal and deactivates the air shower according to the time signal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111702 | TILT SWITCH PREVENTING SOLDERING MATERIAL FROM ENTERNING INTERIOR THEREOF - A tilt switch ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111626 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH GOOD PERFORMANCE ON IMPEDANCE - A printed circuit board, comprises an insulative substrate, a grounding layer located on a surface of the insulative substrate and defining a through slot, a plurality of conductive pins located on an outer surface of the printed circuit board; and a fence layer located between the conductive path and the grounding layer. Each conductive pin defines at least a soldering portion. The soldering portion is alignment to the through slot along a vertical direction. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110655 | DATA TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SERVER AND METHOD - A data transmission management server for managing a terminal device to access a network resource providing server by a source gateway in a virtual private network (VPN) obtains current resource information of a plurality of gateways in the VPN periodically. The data transmission management server selects one from the gateways as a destination gateway according to the resource information, transmits an internet protocol address of the destination gateway to the source gateway to make the source gateway establish a secure communication tunnel to the selected destination gateway and access the network resource providing server over the secure communication tunnel. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110653 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOGGING USE OF THE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a method for managing use information of a measurement device, an operating interface of the device is locked before the device is operated. When a user starts to use the device, the method provides a login interface to verify whether the user is authorized to login the operating interface. If the user is authorized to login the operating interface, the operating interface is unlocked and the method records first information of starting to operate the device. After finishing the operation or when an elapsed time of the device not in use is greater than a predetermined time, the method controls the user to log out the operating interface, records second information of finishing the operation, and the operating interface is locked. The first information and the second information are saved in a text file. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110540 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - In a method of optimizing parameters of electronic components on printed circuit boards (PCBs), a first experiment table for m variables of one type of parameter of P electronic components on a PCB is designed using n values of each variable and the RSM. P EHs of each first experiment are obtained by simulating, and P EH empirical formulas are computed according to the P EHs. A second experiment table for the m variables is designed using n′ values of each variable and the full factorial design, and P EHs of each second experiment are computed using the P EH empirical formulas. Experiments, all the P EHs of which are greater than 1, are filtered from the second experiment tables, and an average EH of each filtered experiment is computed to pick an experiment the average EH of which is the greatest. The values of the m variables in the picked experiment are considered as optimized. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110382 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOTHERBOARD TEST - A system and method for managing a test of a motherboard can create a first test data consisting of test items. In the first test data, one or more selected test items to perform can be identified. A second test data is obtained by performing a logical NOR operation on the test bits corresponding to the selected test items. After performing the test items, a third test data is created by setting the test bits corresponding to the selected test items that pass the test to the test bits of the selected test items in the first test data, and by setting the test bits corresponding to the selected test items that fail the test to the test bits of the test items that have not been selected in the first test data. By comparing the third with the test data, a test result of the motherboard is obtained. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110379 | FIRMWARE RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A firmware recovery system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) module, a south bridge, a basic input and output system (BIOS) module, a multiplexer and a storage module. The BIOS module is connected to the BMC module by the south bridge and determines whether a firmware file of the BMC module is corrupt. The multiplexer selectively connects the BIOS module or the BMC module to the south bridge. The storage module stores a new firmware file. When the firmware file of the BMC module is corrupt, the BIOS module controls the multiplexer to select the BMC module to connect to the south bridge. The BIOS module reads the new firmware file from the storage module to recover the corrupt firmware file from the BMC module. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110378 | FIRMWARE RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER OF COMPUTING DEVICE - A firmware recovery method of a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a computing device detects whether a firmware of a default firmware memory of the BMC is damaged by sending a detection command to the BMC at a regular interval. When the firmware of the default firmware memory of the BMC is damaged, the method recovers the firmware according to firmware data of a backup firmware memory of the BMC. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110235 | WIRE CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A wire control device for wired remotely controlling an electronic device. The wire control device includes a USB connector and a control switch, and the control switch generates control signals. The electronic device includes a USB port and a process unit. When the USB port is connected to the USB connector of the wire control device, the process unit receives the control signals via the USB port and executes corresponding functions. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109694 | VEHICLE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for dispatching a vehicle receives a reservation request sent from a handheld device by a dispatch system, and confirms an available service vehicle nearest to an original position of the handheld device from a vehicle database in the dispatch system. The method further transmits information of the confirmed vehicle to the handheld device, and information of a user of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109638 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING COMPONENT NAMES USING THE SAME - A method for extracting component names from a document reads text content of the document, searches for component labels in the text content, and stores a position of each component label in the text content in a storage device. The method further extract a component name corresponding to each component label in the text content according to the position of each component label, and creates a component table according to the component label and the component name. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109405 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER AND HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM THEREOF - A data center includes a container with a raised floor defining a number of openings, and a server system received in the container. The server system includes a rack and a number of servers received in the rack at different heights. Cooling air is released by a cooling device. A number of pressurizing fans are arranged under the raised floor aligned with the openings to drive the cooling air to flow upwards through the openings. A number of temperature sensors are mounted to the rack to sense temperatures of air flowing out of the servers. The temperatures sensed by the temperature sensors are transmitted to a computing unit. According to the temperatures, the computing unit adjusts the speeds of the pressurizing fans to make the cooling air within the container be better distributed for evenly cooling the servers. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109346 | AUDIO DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPENDING IDENTIFICATION DATA INTO AUDIO SIGNALS - An audio device includes a processor, a storage unit, an audio processing module, a silence detection circuit, a condition determining circuit, a direct current (DC) level bias circuit and an appending circuit. The audio device generates identification data, control signals, and original audio signals. The silence detection circuit detects silence segments of the original audio signals, and generates driving signals if the silence segments are detected. Then the condition determining circuit determines if the identification data needs to be appended into the silence segments according to the driving signals and the control signals, and outputs the identification data in DC signal form if the identification data needs to be appended into the silence segments. After DC voltage level of the identification data in DC signal form is biased, the appending circuit appends the biased identification data into the silence segments of the original audio signals. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108202 | SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A security system and method for an electronic device include comparing data in a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card with data in a virtual SIM card, if the virtual SIM card is not blank. The security system further include determining whether the electronic device has received a command of reporting loss of the SIM card from the network server, if the data in the SIM card is the same as the data in the virtual SIM card. The security method further includes running the electronic device normally if the electronic device has not received the command of reporting loss of the SIM card. If the command of reporting loss is received, a contact list and message of the electronic device are deleted and a calling function of the electronic device is disabled. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108157 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a portable container defining a number of inlets, a number of racks received in the container, and a number of air ducts. Each of the air ducts is mounted to the container and aligns with one corresponding inlet of the container. Each of the air ducts includes an air inlet, and an air outlet accommodated in the corresponding inlet of the container. An area of a cross section surface of the air inlet is greater than an area of a cross section of the air outlet of the air duct. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108110 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a mounting surface and several contacts received in the housing. The contacts include soldering tails abutting against the mounting surface. The insulating housing has air holes running through the mounting surface to align with the corresponding soldering tails. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108109 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH GROUNDING BARS THEREIN TO REDUCE CROSS TALKING - An electrical connector includes an insulated housing defining an uninterrupted tongue portion with opposite first surface and second surface, the first surface defining a rib and a plurality of contacts loaded in the tongue portion. The contacts include first contacts with contacting sections loaded in the first surface at one side of the rib, second contacts with contacting section loaded in the first surface at another side of the rib and third contacts with contacting section loading in the second surface opposite to the rib. Each of the first and third contacts is composed of signal contacts and grounding contacts. Two distinct grounding bars are embedded in the tongue section and touch with front ends of grounding contacts of the first and third contacts respectively to reduce cross talk between signal contact of the first and third contacts. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108105 | PRESS-FIT MEANS AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING THE SAME - An electrical connector ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108096 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INCORPORATED WITH POSITIONING PLATE AND LATCH - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base and a plurality of periphery walls extending upward from the base to define an inner cavity. A fastening assembly includes a retention plate pivotally assembled with a rear end of the insulative housing and a latch assembled at a front end of the insulative housing, the latch including a retention arm assembled in the periphery wall, a linking portion extending upwardly from the retention arm, and a handle portion extending from the linking portion and having a bottom surface locking the retention plate and a top surface for operating. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108092 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED EJECTOR MECHANISM - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing, the housing extends along a longwise direction thereof and has a pair of opposed side walls, a central slot between the side walls, and a tower portion disposed at one end thereof. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing. An ejector mechanism is rotatable retained in the housing and has a body portion, a flexible arm divided from the body portion and a locking protrusion located on the flexible arm. The lock protrusion is adapted to resist the tower portion during the ejector mechanism rotates with respect to the housing. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108088 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COVER MECHANISM - An electronic apparatus includes an enclosure defining a connector port, and a cover mechanism. The cover mechanism includes a bracket mounted to the enclosure, a cover rotatably mounted to the bracket to cover or uncover the connector port. The cover includes an elastic lock. When the cover is rotated to cover the connector port, the elastic lock is engaged with a sidewall of the connector port. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107643 | COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A coated article includes a substrate, an anti-corrosion layer formed on the substrate, and a decorative layer formed on the anti-corrosion layer. The substrate is made of magnesium or magnesium alloy. The anti-corrosion layer is a magnesium layer. The coated article has improved corrosion resistance. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107641 | PROCESS FOR JOINING STAINLESS STEEL PART AND SILICON CARBIDE CERAMIC PART AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES MADE BY SAME - A process for joining a stainless steel part and a silicon carbide ceramic part comprising: providing a SUS part, a SiC ceramic part, a Mo foil and a Ni foil; depositing a nickel coating on a surface of the SiC ceramic part; placing the SiC ceramic part, the Mo foil, the Ni foil, and the SUS part into a mold, the Mo foil and the Ni foil located between the SiC ceramic part and the SUS part; placing the mold into a chamber of an hot press sintering device, heating the chamber and pressing the SUS part with the nickel coating, the SiC ceramic part, the Mo foil, and the Ni foil at least until the SUS part, the SiC ceramic part, the Mo foil and the Ni foil form a integral composite article. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107640 | PROCESS FOR JOINING CARBON STEEL PART AND SILICON CARBIDE CERAMIC PART AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES MADE BY SAME - A process for joining a carbon steel part and a silicon carbide ceramic part, comprising steps of: providing a carbon steel part, a SiC ceramic part, and a Ni foil; bringing surfaces of the carbon steel part, SiC ceramic part, and Ni foil into contact, with the Ni foil inserted between the carbon steel part and SiC ceramic part; applying a pulsed electric current to the parts to be joined, heating the parts to a joining temperature of about 800-1100° C., and simultaneously applying a joining pressure of about 20-60 MPa to the parts while the current is applied, and maintaining the joining temperature and the joining pressure for about 10-30 minutes. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107606 | ARTICLE MADE OF ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - An article includes a substrate made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, an insulating coating formed on the substrate, and an anticorrosive coating formed on the insulating coating. The insulating coating is composed of electrically insulating ceramic material or polymer. The anticorrosive coating is a ceramic coating formed by physical vapor deposition. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107591 | CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A carbon nanotube composite structure includes a matrix and a carbon nanotube structure. The matrix has a surface. The carbon nanotube structure is incorporated in the matrix. A distance between the carbon nanotube structure and the surface is less than 10 micrometers. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined with each other by van der Waals attractive force. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107536 | AMORPHOUS ALLOY HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An amorphous alloy housing includes an amorphous alloy substrate and a wear-resistant protective layer formed on the amorphous alloy substrate by vacuum deposition technology. A method for making the amorphous alloy housing is also provided. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107437 | POSITIONING CONTROL EJECTION MECHANISM AND TURNTABLE DEVICE USING SAME - A positioning control ejection mechanism includes an ejection motor, an ejection rod, a position confirm switch, and an upper limit switch. The ejection rod is slidably driven with the ejection motor. The position confirm switch is assembled to the ejection motor and is positioned along an ejection direction of the ejection rod. The position confirm switch is configured for sensing when the ejection rod is aligned with a pre-ejection product. The upper limit switch is assembled to the ejection motor and is positioned along an ejection direction of the ejection rod away from the ejection motor end, preventing the ejection rod from being over ejected. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107178 | BIOSENSOR, BIOSENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - A biosensor includes a plurality of electrodes and a receptor. The plurality of electrodes comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The receptor are located between the plurality of electrodes and electrically connected to the plurality of carbon nanotubes of the plurality of electrodes. In addition, the receptor reacts to a measured object to lead current variation which is transmitted by the plurality of electrodes. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107120 | COOLING FAN AND ROTOR OF COOLING FAN - A cooling fan includes a frame and a rotor received in the frame. The rotor includes a hub, blades extending outwardly and radially from the hub, and a cover plate connected with the hub. The hub includes a top wall and a sidewall extending from a circumference of the top wall. The top wall of the hub defines a plurality of blind holes on an outer surface thereof, and the blind holes are shaded by the cover plate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106931 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device reads a video consisting of a plurality of image frames from a storage device. A stable region along a Y-axis direction in each image frame is determined according to pixel information of an edge row of each image frame. The device then aligns all the image frames according to the stable region along a Y-axis direction in each image frame, and trims all the image frames by cutting additional image regions excepting the stable region along the Y-axis direction in each image frame, to reduce a shaking degree of each image frame along the Y-axis direction. Furthermore, the device reduces a shaking degree of each image frame along an X-axis direction using similar method by reducing the shaking degree along the Y-axis direction. At last, the device displays stable playback of the video consisting of the aligned and trimmed image frames. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106928 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING SIGNAL CHANNELS OF DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER - A channel test unit of a digital video recorder (DVR) includes a command generation module generating a selection signal to a controller. The controller outputs control signals to a multiplexer to select an output terminal of the multiplexer to switch to a signal channel. A signal generation module obtains a format voice data and converts to an analog voice signal and sends to the multiplexer. The multiplexer sends the analog voice signal to the selected signal channel after the signal channel is selected. A voice detection module defines an identification (ID) number for each of the signal channels in sequence and detects whether the DVR receives an analog voice signal, and determines whether all of the signal channels have been tested. A display module displays an ID number of the selected signal channel on a display device when the DVR does not receive the analog voice signal. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106908 | OPTICAL FIBER - A optical fiber ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106901 | ADAPTER TRANSMITTING WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SIGNALS - An adapter includes a plug connector having a first housing defining a first mating port and a plurality of first terminals disposed in the first housing, and a receptacle connector having a second housing defining a second mating port and a plurality of second terminals disposed in the second housing and electrically connecting to the first terminals. An optical device has a first optical module and a second optical module optically connecting with each other via optical fibers. The first optical module is movably retained in the first housing while the second optical module is immovably retained in the second housing along a mating direction of the receptacle connector. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106900 | FIBER ASSEMBLY - A fiber assembly ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106896 | CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR OPTICAL TERMINATION - A cable assembly ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106894 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH FLOATABLE OPTICAL TERMINATION - An connector assembly ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106779 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIEWING ELECTRONIC CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT - An electronic confidential document viewing method is performed by an electronic device in electronic communication with a pair of eyeglasses. In response to display a confidential document on a display device, a protection image is generated based on a security image of the confidential document. The protection image is a copy of the security image that is offset from the security image by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction. The security image and the protection image are synchronously transmitted to the display device. The display device displays an overlapping picture based on the two images. The eyeglasses receive the overlapping picture, and separate the overlapping picture into two images. One of the two images is viewable by the left eye of a viewer, and another image is viewable by the right eye of the viewer. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106670 | METHOD, SERVER AND CUSTOMER TERMINAL FOR DIGITAL CONTENT TRANSMISSION - A server is provided. The serve includes a publishing module, a program module, a relationship module, and a transmission module. The publishing module publishes digital content. The program module stores programs for playing the digital content. The relationship module stores a relationship between the digital content, a plurality of pre-stored hardware information of customer terminals, and programs for playing corresponding the digital contents corresponding to hardware information. The transmission module searches a particular one of the programs for playing a particular one of the digital contents in response to a request from a customer terminal for downloading the particular digital content. The particular program is corresponding to the hardware information of the customer terminal according to the pre-stored hardware information. The transmission module further transmits the particular digital content and the particular program to the customer terminal A customer terminal and a digital content transmission method are also provided. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106541 | IP PHONE AND DESKTOP SHARING METHOD - An Internet protocol (IP) phone establishes a voice communication with a remote IP phone, and establishes a desktop sharing connection with the remote IP phone upon a sharing key being pressed. The IP phone captures local desktop display data of a local computer, and transmits the local desktop display data to the remote IP phone over the Internet. The IP phone receives remote desktop display data of a remote computer from the remote IP phone over the Internet, and outputs the remote desktop display data to the local computer to display the remote desktop display data on the local computer. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106444 | FEMTOCELL AND INTERNET ACCESSING METHOD - A femtocell to allow a user terminal device access to the Internet includes a tunnel communication module to establish a secure tunnel between the user terminal device and the Internet and a network address translator to translate network address for the user terminal device. The femtocell selects the network address translator to allow the user terminal device access to the Internet upon the condition that the user terminal device requires a video streaming service. The femtocell further selects the network address translator or the tunnel communication module according to a speed of the user terminal device accessing the Internet upon the condition that the user terminal device requires a web service. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106298 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPPARATUS AND METHOD - The disclosure provides a gesture recognition apparatus and method. The gesture recognition apparatus includes an ultrasound transmitter, an ultrasound receiver, a dividing module, a computing module, a gesture library, and a recognition module. The dividing module is configured to divide reflected ultrasound signals into a plurality of frames according to time intervals. The computing module is configured to obtain an eigenvalue of each frame. The classifying module is configured to filter the eigenvalues to obtain gesture eigenvalues, and to obtain a matrix of probabilities of the gesture eigenvalues. The recognition module is configured to search reference matrices of probabilities from the gesture library for matching with the matrix of probabilities, and to recognize the gesture eigenvalues as a reference gesture corresponding to the reference matrix of probabilities if the reference matrix of probabilities is found. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106284 | MEMORY POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A memory power supply circuit includes a memory module, a micro control unit (MCU), a phase switch circuit, and a multi-phase pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller. The MCU is operable to determine required current to be supplied to the memory module and output corresponding phase switch signals to the phase switch circuit. The PWM controller includes a number of phase pins connected to the phase switch circuit. The phase switch circuit controls enable states of the phase pins of the PWM controller according to the phase switch signals. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106144 | LED TUBE LAMP - A LED tube lamp includes a heat sink, a LED substrate, a pair of connectors, and a cover fixed to the heat sink. The cover includes a first cover and a second cover, at least one optical lens is arranged on the first cover, the at least one optical lens comprises a concave lens and reflective lenses arranged on both sides of the concave lens. The concave lens is configured to refract light beams from the LEDs in a forward direction or in an approximate forward direction, the reflective lenses are configured to reflect light beams from the LEDs in a lateral direction. After the light beams are refracted by the optical lens, the light divergence angle of the LED tube lamp is increased. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106134 | LED CEILING LAMP - An LED ceiling lamp includes a primary illumination unit and at least one subsidiary illumination unit. The primary illumination includes a base and a connecting member to fix the base to a ceiling. Each of the at least one subsidiary illumination unit is fixed to the base and faces the ceiling. Each of the at least one subsidiary illumination unit comprises a circuit board with an LED unit, a lens and a reflector. The lens covers the circuit board. The circuit board and the lens are received in the reflector. The lens is configured for dividing the light beams from the LED units into several light groups. An aphotic area is formed between each two adjacent light groups. The reflector is configured for reflecting the several light groups on the ceiling. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106119 | MOBILE PHONE WITH METAL HINGED SHIELD - The mobile phone includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a metal hinged shield, and a connecting member. The metal hinged shield is pivoted on the PCB by the connecting member. The metal hinged shield further comprises a high metal body and a low metal body. The high metal body partially overlaps the low metal body. | 05-03-2012 |
