| MITAC RESEARCH (SHANGHAI) LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120130631 | CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DIRECTION WARNING AND METHOD THEREOF - In a car navigation system with direction warning and a method thereof, a satellite positioning module provides a position information; a route planning unit provides a driving route by searching an electronic map database stored in a storage unit for corresponding map information based on a starting position and a target position; and a navigation unit generates driving direction information based on the position information and the driving route, retrieves a sound signal or screen signal from a direction sound module or a screen control module, respectively, corresponded to the driving direction information, and outputs the sound signal by an output unit or displays the screen signal by a display unit. The car navigation system and the method thereof serve to provide a sound warning or an image warning to remind a driver of an angle contained between the current driving road and a next road. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120026188 | HAND-HELD MOBILE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF QUICKLY DISPLAYING PICTURES AND METHOD OF QUICKLY DISPLAYING PICTURES APPLICABLE THERETO - A hand-held mobile apparatus and a method capable of quickly displaying picture are disclosed. The method includes the steps of linking a communication unit to a server via a network system; storing a picture downloaded from the server in a storage unit; compressing the downloaded picture with an encoder unit, so that the compressed picture has a file size smaller than the downloaded picture; using a recognition unit to recognize whether the compressed picture is a head image; if yes, using a naming unit to specify a first file name to the compressed picture; storing the compressed picture in the storage unit; and displaying the compressed picture in a display screen. Further, a data buffer is provided to temporarily store the compressed picture transmitted by a control unit to the display screen, so that the compressed pictures can be quickly displayed on the hand-held mobile apparatus having the above units. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120020572 | HAND-HELD MOBILE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF QUCKLY DISPLAYING ONLINE COMMUNITY FRIENDS' IMAGES APPLICABLE THERETO - A hand-held mobile apparatus and method of quickly displaying online community friends' images applicable thereto are disclosed. The hand-held mobile apparatus includes a network communication module for linking to an online community server; a comparison module for comparing and determining whether data of a web image in the online community server matches data of a local image in a storage unit of the apparatus; a recognition module for determining an image type of the web image when the web image data is different from the local image data; a processing unit for downloading the web image of a first type in a smallest image size or the web image of a second type in an image size matching a screen resolution of the apparatus, and storing the web image in the storage unit as the local image; and a display unit for displaying the local image. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120007826 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED ELECTRIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch-controlled electronic apparatus and a touch control method thereof are disclosed. The touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes a touch screen and a control module. The touch screen detects a plurality of touch points at where an object touches the touch screen. The control module is electrically connected to the touch screen and defines a coordinate system based on the touch screen. The control module computes an angle contained between the movement direction of the object and a coordinate axis of the coordinate system to obtain a representative angular value. When the representative angular value matches one of a plurality of first angular values preset in the coordinate system, the control module generates a control signal based on the representative angular value and the object movement speed, so that the touch screen executes operations corresponding to the control signal. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110037779 | LARGE SIZE IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a large size image browsing apparatus and a method thereof. The large size image browsing method according to the present invention comprises the following steps. First, a browsing apparatus is moved. Next, a sensing unit senses the force exerted on the browsing apparatus and calculates the displacement of the browsing apparatus to send out a displacement signal. Then, a processing unit sends out a control signal according to the displacement signal to update a part of the large size image on a display unit. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20100199026 | Flash File System and Driving Method Thereof - The present invention discloses a flash file system and drive method thereof, characterized in that, after reception of an access function, it verifies the parameters in the access function and analyzes the file name of the file to be accessed included therein, then queries the starting position of the file to be accessed, and finally controls a physical driver module to access data from the flash according to the starting position and such parameters. The flash file system according to the present invention does not require FAT (File Allocation Table) file system and block interface, thereby simplifying the complexity of file system and enhancing system performance. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100161222 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD INTEGRATING WEATHER INFORMATION - A navigation system integrating weather information is disclosed, which includes a weather information module for storing regional weather information indicating different weather condition levels and a threshold value corresponding to one of the weather condition levels; an electronic map database for storing map information; a positioning module for receiving a positioning signal via a global positioning system; and a navigation module for planning out a driving route based on the map information and the regional weather information to avoid any region that has a weather condition level higher than the threshold value and providing a navigation message based on the planned driving route and the received positioning signal. A navigation method applicable to a navigation system integrating weather information is also provided. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100030468 | METHOD OF GENERATING NAVIGATION MESSAGE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method of generating navigation message and navigation system thereof, which are characterized in that, during navigation, the navigation messages used to remind users comprise landmark points located about a road turn and providing significantly recognizable characters or marks, allowing users to more conveniently determine the road turn so as to avoid taking wrong route. Furthermore, users are also enabled to set landmark point type, priority or name that users are able to recognize, further creating customized navigation messages. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20090093258 | Instant communication module capable of positioning a contact and method thereof - An instant communication module capable of positioning a contact and method thereof are disclosed. The instant communication module can send out a position request to a remote module by using an instant communication program. If the remote module accepts the position request, it will respond a location data back to the instant communication module so as the instant communication module can display the location data on an electronic map. Therefore, the user can exchange message with his/her friends' and know their location via instant communication module. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20080319657 | Navigation apparatus capable of correcting position data according to map matching position and method thereof - This invention discloses a navigation apparatus correcting position data according to a map matching position and a method thereof. The navigation apparatus includes a satellite positioning module, an electronic map database, a map matching module and a correction module. The satellite positioning module provides a plurality of position data. The electronic map database stores at least one map data. The map matching module matches a position data with a map data to generate a map matching position corresponding to the position data. The correction module provides at least one turning point, and each turning point is situated at the map matching position to form an turning angular. If the turning angular exceeds a threshold value, the correction module calculates a position data and a map matching position statically collected within a predetermined time according to an algorithm to generate an offset to correct the position data behind the turning point. | 12-25-2008 |
