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20100169564 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA - A data access apparatus and method are provided. The data access apparatus includes a first memory, a second memory and a memory controller. The first memory and the second memory have the same memory capacity for respectively storing the neighbor data of an image. The memory controller is coupled to the first memory and the second memory for providing shared control signals and shared address signals, and further providing a plurality of first address signals and a plurality of second address signals to the first memory and the second memory respectively. The memory controller dynamically accesses the first memory and the second memory by different column address strobe (CAS) signal of the shared control signals, the first address signals and the second address signals. | 07-01-2010 |
20140105493 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING PIXEL DATA OF FRAME INTO INTERLEAVED BIT-STREAM, AND RELATED IMAGE DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image compression method includes at least the following steps: receiving a plurality of pixels of a frame, wherein pixel data of each pixel has a plurality of color channel data corresponding to a plurality of different color channels, respectively; encoding the pixel data of each pixel and generating bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel, wherein the bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel are separated; packing bit-streams of a same color channel data of different pixels into color channel bit-stream segments, wherein each of the bit-stream segments has a same predetermined size; and concatenating color channel bit-stream segments of the different color channels into a final bit-stream. Alternatively, color channel bit-stream segments of the same pixel are concatenated into a concatenated bit-stream portion, and concatenated bit-stream portions of different pixels are concatenated into a final bit-stream. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING LOSSY IMAGE COMPRESSION THROUGH SOURCE QUANTIZATION AND LOSSLESS COMPRESSION KERNEL, AND RELATED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DECOMPRESSION - An image compression method has at least the following steps: receiving source pixel data of a plurality of blocks of a frame; when a lossless compression mode is enabled for the frame, bypassing a source quantization operation and applying a lossless compression kernel to source pixel data of each of the blocks; and when a lossy compression mode is enabled for the frame, applying the source quantization operation to the source pixel data of each of the blocks to generate input pixel data of each of the blocks, and applying the lossless compression kernel to the input pixel data of each of the blocks. For example, the source quantization operation employs an adaptive quantization parameter for each of the blocks such that a size of compressed data of the frame generated under the lossy compression mode does not exceed a bit budget. | 04-17-2014 |
20140205012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SOFTWARE ENGINE AND HARDWARE ENGINE COLLABORATED WITH EACH OTHER TO ACHIEVE HYBRID VIDEO ENCODING - One video encoding method includes: performing a first part of a video encoding operation by a software engine with instructions, wherein the first part of the video encoding operation comprises at least a motion estimation function; delivering a motion estimation result generated by the motion estimation function to a hardware engine; and performing a second part of the video encoding operation by the hardware engine. Another video encoding method includes: performing a first part of a video encoding operation by a software engine with instructions and a cache buffer; performing a second part of the video encoding operation by a hardware engine; performing data transfer between the software engine and the hardware engine through the cache buffer; and performing address synchronization to ensure that a same entry of the cache buffer is correctly addressed and accessed by both of the software engine and the hardware engine. | 07-24-2014 |
20140254929 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BIT-PLANE SCANNING CODING UPON PIXEL DATA AND RELATED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image encoding method includes at least following steps: receiving a plurality of target pixels within a frame, wherein pixel data of each target pixel has at least one color channel data corresponding to at least one color channel; determining a bit budget of the target pixels; and performing bit-plane scanning coding upon selected pixels according to the bit budget and a scanning order, and accordingly generating encoded pixel data of the selected pixels as encoded data of the target pixels, wherein the selected pixels are derived from the target pixels, and the bit-plane scanning coding extracts partial bits of pixel data of each selected pixel as encoded pixel data of the selected pixel. In addition, a corresponding image decoding method is provided. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254949 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH RATE CONTROL BY SELECTING TARGET BIT BUDGET FROM PRE-DEFINED CANDIDATE BIT BUDGETS AND RELATED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image encoding method with rate control includes at least the following steps: defining a plurality of candidate bit budgets corresponding to different pre-defined maximum encoded bit lengths for one coding unit respectively; when encoding pixel data of a plurality of pixels within a current coding unit of an access unit of a frame, determining a target bit budget selected from the candidate bit budgets and allocating the target bit budget to the current coding unit; and outputting encoded pixel data of the pixels within the current coding unit that is generated from the encoder, wherein a bit length of the encoded pixel data is smaller than or equal to the target bit budget. | 09-11-2014 |
20150187045 | Methods of Multiple-Slice Coding for Frame Buffer Compression - Method is disclosed for reducing frame buffer, stream buffer, reconstruction buffer, or latency associated with frame buffer compression in an encoder or decoder with multiple slices of an image frame. The image frame is divided into multiple slices vertically, horizontally or both. One core compressor or decompressor can be used to process two or more slices. The encoding and decoding of two or more slices may be performed in parallel. Instead of encoding an entire slice, the encoder compresses only partial data of one slice before encoding another slice. According to one embodiment, each slice is divided into two or more partitions. The encoder is switched to another slice after encoding one partition of one slice. In another embodiment, the encoder is switched to another slice based the information related to the coding status. The decoding order may be same as the encoding order. | 07-02-2015 |
20150304674 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING VISUAL QUALITY BY USING NEIGHBORING PIXEL INFORMATION IN FLATNESS CHECK AND/OR APPLYING SMOOTH FUNCTION TO QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS/PIXEL VALUES - An image processing method includes at least following steps: partitioning a picture into a plurality of picture regions, wherein each picture region comprises at least one pixel group row, each pixel group row comprises at least one pixel group, and the picture regions comprise a first picture region and a second picture region horizontally adjacent to each other; and performing flatness check upon a specific pixel group in a pixel group row of the first picture region through using at least one pixel borrowed from the second picture region. | 10-22-2015 |
20150319446 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING PIXEL DATA OF FRAME INTO INTERLEAVED BIT-STREAM, AND RELATED IMAGE DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image compression method includes at least the following steps: receiving a plurality of pixels of a frame, wherein pixel data of each pixel has a plurality of color channel data corresponding to a plurality of different color channels, respectively; encoding the pixel data of each pixel and generating bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel, wherein the bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel are separated; packing bit-streams of a same color channel data of different pixels into color channel bit-stream segments, wherein each of the bit-stream segments has a same predetermined size; and concatenating color channel bit-stream segments of the different color channels into a final bit-stream. Alternatively, color channel bit-stream segments of the same pixel are concatenated into a concatenated bit-stream portion, and concatenated bit-stream portions of different pixels are concatenated into a final bit-stream. | 11-05-2015 |
20160119642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLUTION ADAPTIVE VIDEO ENCODING WITH SEARCH RANGE CONSTRAINT - An encoding method includes applying a search range constraint on a search range of a block in a current frame, and encoding the block in the current frame with pixel information in a reference frame according to inter prediction performed based on the search range of the block in the current frame, wherein a resolution of the current frame is different from a resolution of the reference frame. | 04-28-2016 |
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20140219578 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method is provided and includes the following steps. A source image arranged in a Bayer pattern is captured. A first-order image process is performed on the source image to produce a first image in YCbCr format. A second-order image process is performed on the source image to produce a second image in YCbCr format. Then, a noise-reducing process is performed on the first image in YCbCr format to produce a noise-reduced image. A blending operation is performed on luminance image of the noise-reduced image and luminance image of the second image in YCbCr format, and thereafter a chrominance image is combined with the blended image to produce a processed image. A noise reducing degree of the noise-reduced image is higher than that of the second image in YCbCr format. | 08-07-2014 |
20140307054 | AUTO FOCUS METHOD AND AUTO FOCUS APPARATUS - An auto focus (AF) method adapted to an AF apparatus is provided. The AF method includes following steps. A target object is selected and photographed by a first image sensor and a second image sensor to generate a first image and a second image. A procedure of three-dimensional (3D) depth estimation is performed according to the first image and the second image to generate a 3D depth map. An optimization process is performed on the 3D depth map to generate an optimized 3D depth map. A piece of depth information corresponding to the target object is determined according to the optimized 3D depth map, and a focusing position regarding the target object is obtained according to the pieces of depth information. The AF apparatus is driven to execute an AF procedure according to the focusing position. Additionally, an AF apparatus is provided. | 10-16-2014 |
20150201182 | AUTO FOCUS METHOD AND AUTO FOCUS APPARATUS - An auto focus (AF) method adapted to an AF apparatus is provided. The AF method includes following steps. A first image is captured by using the first image sensor. At least one characteristic is detected based on the first image, and whether the characteristic meets a predetermined condition is determined. If the characteristic meets the predetermined condition, a focus depth is calculated according to a three-dimensional (3D) depth information and movement of a first lens of the first sensor is driven according to the focus depth for focusing. If the characteristic does not meet the predetermined condition, the first lens is driven to move for many times to obtain a plurality of contrast values, such that movement of the first lens is driven according to the contrast values for focusing. Additionally, an AF apparatus is provided. | 07-16-2015 |
20150213588 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IMAGE DEFORMATION THEREOF - An image capturing device and a method for detecting image deformation thereof are provided. The method is for the image capturing device having a first sensor and a second image sensor, and the method includes the following steps. A first image is captured through the first image sensor, and a second image is captured through the second image sensor. A deform detection is performed according to the first and second images so as to obtain a comparison information between the first and second images. Whether a coordinate parameter relationship between the first and second images being varied is determined according to the comparison information, in which the coordinate parameter relationship is associated with a spatial configuration relationship between the first and second image sensors. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213589 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE DEFORMATION THEREOF - An image capturing device and a method for calibrating image deformation thereof are provided. The image capturing device has a first image sensor and a second image sensor and the method includes following steps. A plurality of image groups are captured through the first image sensor and the second image sensor. Each of the image groups includes a first image and a second image, and the image groups include a reference image group. Whether an image deformation occurs on a first reference image and a second reference image in the reference image group is detected. If it is detected that the image deformation occurs on the reference image group, a current calibration parameter is updated according to a plurality of feature point comparison values corresponding to the image groups. The current calibration parameter is used for performing an image rectification on each of the first images and the second images. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215607 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE DEFORMATION THEREOF - A method for calibrating image deformation of an image capturing device having a first and second lens, a focusing actuator, and a prestored first focusing step-to-focusing distance relation includes the following steps. A plurality of image sets are captured by the first and second lens, where each of the image sets includes a first and second image, and the images sets include a reference image set. It is detected whether the reference image set is deformed. When the reference image set is detected to be deformed, the first focusing step-to-focusing distance relation is calibrated according to a focusing step and a focusing distance corresponding to each of the image sets, where the focusing step corresponding to each of the image sets is the number of steps that the focusing actuator is required to move the first and second lens to a focusing position to generate each of the image sets. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215615 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE DEFECTION THEREOF - A method for calibrating image defection of an image capturing device having a first and second lens, a focusing actuator, and a prestored first focusing step-to-focusing distance relation includes the following steps. A plurality of image sets are captured by the first and second lens, where each of the image sets includes a first and second image, and the images sets include a reference image set. It is detected whether the reference image set is defective. When the reference image set is detected to be defective, the first focusing step-to-focusing distance relation is calibrated according to a focusing step and a focusing distance corresponding to each of the image sets, where the focusing step corresponding to each of the image sets is the number of steps that the focusing actuator is required to move the first and second lens to a focusing position to generate each of the image sets. | 07-30-2015 |
20150365576 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHADING COMPENSATION THEREOF - A shading compensation method of an image capturing device, adapted to an image capturing device having a primary lens, a secondary lens, and a diffuser as well as pre-storing a primary-secondary lenses table and a secondary lens-diffuser table, includes the following steps. First, the secondary lens is covered by the diffuser. A scene is simultaneously captured by the primary lens and the secondary lens covered by the diffuser so as to generate a primary image and a diffused image. Next, according to the primary image and the diffused image, a shading compensation table corresponding to the scene is constructed by using the primary-secondary lenses table and the secondary lens-diffuser table. A shading compensation process is then performed on the primary image according to the shading compensation table so as to generate a compensated image. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365612 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMPENSATING METHOD THEREOF - An image capture device and an image compensating method are provided. The image compensating method is for the image capture device and includes following steps. An image is captured under a current light source. The current light source is detected and a white balance process is executed so as to obtain current gain information of the current light source. A modifying parameter is determined according to the current gain information and reference gain information. The reference gain information is corresponding to a plurality of predefined color temperatures which are different to each other. A first shading compensation table is modified by using the modifying parameter to obtain a second shading compensation table. The image is compensated by using the second shading compensation table so as to generate a compensated image. | 12-17-2015 |
20160080654 | METHOD OF CAPTURING IMAGES AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE USING THE METHOD - The present invention discloses a method of capturing images and an image capturing device using the method. The image capturing device has a first lens module and a second lens module having a view angle which is smaller than that of the first lens module. The method comprises: increasing an exposure time and reducing a light sensitivity value of the first lens module and capturing a first image by using the first lens module; reducing the exposure time and increasing the light sensitivity value of the first lens module and capturing a second image by using the second lens module; extracting a plurality of image features from the first image and the second image respectively and determining a region corresponding to the second image in the first image; and merging the second image into the region in the first image to generate an output image. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080657 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DIGITAL ZOOM METHOD - The present invention discloses an image capturing device and a digital zoom method. The image capturing device comprises a first lens module, a second lens module, a feature extraction unit, an image zooming-deformation unit and an image merging unit. The first lens module and the second lens module are applied to capture a first image and a second image, respectively. The feature extraction unit extracts a plurality of first image features and second image features from the first image and the second image, respectively, and generating pixel offset characteristics. Based on a zoom factor and the pixel offset characteristics, the image zooming-deformation unit zooms and deforms the first and second images to generate a third image and a fourth image. The image merging unit bases the zoom factor to merge the third image and the fourth image for obtaining a combined image. | 03-17-2016 |
20160105615 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT-TRACING - An image processing system and a method for object-tracing are provided. The method includes: receiving a first wide field of view image and a first narrow field of view image, and determining a to-be-traced object therefrom and choosing one image therefrom for serving as a first output image; using an area size of the to-be-traced object in the first output image as a reference area; comparing the reference area with the area sizes of the to-be-traced object from a second wide field of view image and a second narrow field of view image respectively so as to determine one of that as a main image, and respectively zooming and deforming the main image and an area corresponding to the other image, and then fusing a zoomed and deformed second image as a second output image. | 04-14-2016 |
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20110103060 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes an outer housing, a heat dissipation base, a plurality of heat dissipation fins, and a light source. The outer housing has a bottom wall with an air inlet and an opening. The heat dissipation base is connected to the bottom wall. The heat dissipation fins are connected to the heat dissipation base and the heat dissipation fins are substantially parallel to each other. Each of the heat dissipation fins has a concave and the concaves of the heat dissipation fins cooperatively form a groove. The orthographic projection area overlaps the air inlet. The light source is connected to the heat dissipation base and exposed through the opening. The illumination apparatus has a good heat dissipation efficiency. | 05-05-2011 |
20110129761 | FUEL MIXING TANK AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel mixing tank adapted for supplying fuel to a fuel cell unit of a fuel cell system is provided. The fuel mixing tank includes a storage room, a supplying pipe, and a fuel recycling pipe. The storage room is adapted for communicating with the fuel cell unit to supply fuel to the fuel cell unit. The supplying pipe supplies fuel or water to the storage room and is thermally and adjacently connected to the storage room. The fuel recycling pipe is adapted for communicating with the fuel cell unit to recycle fuel from the fuel cell unit, and the fuel recycling pipe and the supplying pipe are connected at a convergence place communicating with the storage room. The fuel mixing tank has superior power generation efficiency. | 06-02-2011 |
20110133686 | BATTERY DEVICE - A battery device for a notebook computer includes a control circuit, a rechargeable battery unit, and a fuel cell unit. The control circuit includes a transmission interface adapted to be electrically connected to the notebook computer. The rechargeable battery unit is electrically connected to the control circuit and includes a plurality of battery cells. The fuel cell unit is electrically connected to the control circuit. A volume of the fuel cell unit is substantially integral multiple of a volume of the battery cell. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135973 | FUEL CARTRIDGE, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cartridge includes a plurality of chambers and a plurality of supply devices. Each of the chambers is capable of storing a first reactant. The supply devices are respectively corresponding to the chambers; and each of the supply devices is capable of supplying a second reactant to the corresponding chamber so that the second reactant reacts with the first reactant in the corresponding chamber to generate hydrogen gas. In addition, a fuel cell system using the fuel cartridge and a power management method thereof are also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
20110177402 | EXCESS HYDROGEN CONSUMPTION UNIT, FUEL CELL UNIT AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell unit includes a proton exchange membrane, a first catalyst layer, a second catalyst layer, a first gas diffusion layer (GDL) disposed on the first catalyst layer, a second GDL disposed on the second catalyst layer, a flow channel of hydrogen gas disposed on the first GDL for guiding a hydrogen gas to the first GDL, and a flow channel of excess hydrogen gas disposed on the second GDL and communicated with the channel of hydrogen gas. The first and the second catalyst layers are respectively disposed at both sides of the proton exchange membrane. The hydrogen gas in the flow channel of excess hydrogen gas and an oxygen gas outside the flow channel of excess hydrogen gas are capable of mixing with each other in the second GDL and contacting the second catalyst layer to generate a chemical combustion reaction. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177405 | FUEL CARTRIDGE AND HYDROGEN STORAGE METHOD - A fuel cartridge and a hydrogen storage method are provided. The fuel cartridge includes a plurality of reaction units. Each of the reaction units includes a first reactant, a second reactant, and a heating apparatus. The first reactant and the second reactant are separated from each other. The heating apparatus is capable of making the first reactant and the second reactant separated from each other contact with each other to generate hydrogen gas. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177406 | HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE AND FUEL CELL - A hydrogen generation device includes a draft tube, containing grooves, water absorbing structures, capillary structures, and a water supply device. The wall of the draft tube has openings. The containing grooves are disposed below the draft tube and respectively aligned with the openings. Each containing groove is capable of containing a solid fuel. The water absorbing structures are respectively disposed in the containing grooves. Each water absorbing structure is located between the corresponding opening and corresponding solid fuel. The capillary structures are alternatively disposed on the internal wall of the draft tube. Each capillary structure is located between the two adjacent openings. The water supply device is disposed at one end of the draft tube. The water supply device supplies a liquid fuel into the draft tube, and the liquid fuel sequentially enters the containing grooves through the openings to sequentially react with the solid fuels and produce hydrogen. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177411 | HYDROGEN GAS GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL WITH THE HYDROGEN GAS GENERATOR - A hydrogen gas generator suitable for a fuel cell is provided. The hydrogen gas generator includes a container and a capillary structure. The capillary structure is disposed between the container and a flexible solid fuel, wherein the container is capable of accommodating liquid water, and the liquid water accommodated in the container is capable of being transferred to the flexible solid fuel by the capillary structure so as to react with the flexible solid fuel to generate hydrogen gas. | 07-21-2011 |
20110189554 | HUMIDIFICATION UNIT AND FUEL CARTRIDGE - A humidification unit and a fuel cartridge are provided, wherein the fuel cartridge is capable of supplying hydrogen gas to a fuel cell (FC) stack. The fuel cartridge includes a hydrogen supply unit and a humidification unit. The hydrogen supply unit is capable of generating the hydrogen gas. The humidification unit is connected with the hydrogen supply unit. The humidification unit includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a membrane, and at least one membrane destructor. The first chamber contains water, and the second chamber contains a water absorbing material. The membrane is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The membrane destructor is connected to the membrane. The water in the first chamber flows into the second chamber and is absorbed by the water absorbing material when a hole is formed on the membrane by the membrane destructor. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189558 | HYDROGEN GENERATING APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A hydrogen generating apparatus and a fuel cell using the same is provided. The hydrogen generating apparatus is adapted to a fuel cell, and includes a main body, an electromagnet, a magnetic element, a containing tank and a sliding element. The electromagnet is fixed on the main body. The magnetic element is movably disposed on the main body. The containing tank is fixed on the main body and is used for containing liquid water. The sliding element is slidiably disposed on the main body, wherein a solid fuel is fixed on the sliding element. When the electromagnet is electrified to generate magnetic force to drive a motion of the magnetic element, the magnetic element drives the sliding element to slide towards the containing tank, so that the solid fuel reacts with the liquid water in the containing tank to generate hydrogen. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189560 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system including a hydrogen supply module, a fuel cell module, and a control module is provided. The fuel cell module receives a hydrogen from the hydrogen supply module. The fuel cell module includes a fuel cell unit and a hydrogen storage unit, wherein the hydrogen storage unit and the fuel cell unit are connected with each other. The control module is electrically connected to the fuel cell module for controlling the hydrogen storage unit to store or release the hydrogen. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189561 | HYDROGEN GENERATING APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A hydrogen generating apparatus and a fuel cell using the same are provided, the hydrogen generating apparatus is adapted to the fuel cell, and includes a sleeve, a sliding element, and a withdrawing mechanism. A first end of the sleeve is used for containing liquid water. The sliding element is slidably disposed at a second end of the sleeve, wherein a solid fuel is connected to the sliding element. The withdrawing mechanism is disposed in the sleeve. The solid fuel is apart from the liquid water when the sliding element is fixed to a first position by the withdrawing mechanism, and the solid fuel reacts with the liquid water to generate hydrogen when the sliding element is fixed to a second position by the withdrawing mechanism. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189562 | HYDROGEN GAS GENERATION APPARATUS AND FUEL CELL HAVING THE SAME - The hydrogen gas generation apparatus is adapted for a fuel cell. The hydrogen gas generation apparatus includes a main body, a bimetallic switch, a reserve tank, and a sliding member. The bimetallic switch has one end connected to the main body. The reserve tank is fixed to the main body and adapted to reserve liquid water. The sliding member is slidably disposed on the main body. A solid fuel is fixed to the sliding member. When the bimetallic switch is heated to bend, another end of the bimetallic switch pushes the sliding member toward the reserve tank and the solid fuel reacts with the liquid water in the reserve tank to form hydrogen gas. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189563 | HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A hydrogen generation device and a fuel cell using the same are provided. The hydrogen generation device includes a first containing groove, a cover, a second containing groove, and a rotating device. The first containing groove contains liquid water. The cover is fixed on the first containing groove and covers the liquid water. The cover has an opening for exposing the liquid water. The second containing groove is stacked on the cover and divided into a plurality of containing compartments, wherein each containing compartment contains a solid fuel. The opening is aligned with one containing compartment so that the corresponding solid fuel reacts with the liquid water generate hydrogen. The rotating device is connected with the first or the second containing groove. The opening is moved and aligned with another containing compartment when the rotating device drives the first containing groove and the second containing groove to relatively rotate. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189571 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL GENERATING REACTION AND COMPUTER - A method of controlling a fuel generating reaction of a fuel cell includes: a. providing a first reactant; b. activating the first reactant to generate fuel to the fuel cell; c. when a characteristic value of the fuel cell reaches a first reference value during the activation, adding a quantity of a second reactant to the first reactant to determine a monitoring time; d. after the monitoring time, detecting the characteristic value of the fuel cell to acquire a first characteristic value; e. if the first characteristic value is lower than the first reference value, performing step d.; f. if the first characteristic value is higher than the first reference value, detecting the characteristic value of the fuel cell to acquire a second characteristic value after a delay time; and g. if the second characteristic value is lower than the first reference value, proceeding to step d. | 08-04-2011 |
20110217606 | HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE AND FUEL CELL - A hydrogen generation device adapted to a fuel cell is provided. The hydrogen generation device includes a containing tank and a buffer layer. The buffer layer is disposed in the containing tank and divides the containing tank into a first containing space and a second containing space. The first containing space is capable of containing a liquid reactant. The second containing space is capable of containing a first solid fuel. The liquid reactant is capable of entering the second containing space through the buffer layer and reacts with the first solid fuel to generate hydrogen. | 09-08-2011 |
20120042564 | NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, GAS FUEL GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING GAS FUEL - A non-woven fabric reacting with a liquid to generate gas fuel is provided. The non-woven fabric includes a plurality of core-sheath fibres, and each of the core-sheath fibres includes a core layer, a sheath layer, and a plurality of solid particles. The core layer has a first melting point. The sheath layer wraps the core layer and has a second melting point, wherein the first melting point is higher than the second melting point. The solid particles are combined to each of the sheath layers. Moreover, a method for fabricating the non-woven fabric, a gas fuel generation device using the non-woven fabric, and a method for generating the gas fuel are also provided. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045388 | HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE AND HYDROGEN GENERATION METHOD - A hydrogen generation device including a tank, a porous structure, and a guide structure is provided. The tank is used to contain a reaction solution. A solid reactant is distributed in the porous structure. The guide structure is connected with the tank and used to guide the reaction solution in the tank to the porous structure, such that the reaction solution and the solid reactant react to generate hydrogen. A hydrogen generation method is also discussed. | 02-23-2012 |
20120156103 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN - An apparatus for generating hydrogen for fuel cells is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a button, a first separating plate, a solid state reactant, and a separating membrane. The housing has an opening and a reservoir. The button connected to the housing covers the opening. The first separating plate disposed in the housing divides the reservoir into first and second sub-rooms. The opening communicates with the first sub-room and the first sub-room is suitable for storing a liquid reactant. The first separating plate has a through hole opposite to the button. The solid state reactant is disposed in the second sub-room. The separating membrane disposed on the through hole separates the first sub-room from the second sub-room. When the button is pushed, the button damages the separating membrane. Therefore, the liquid reactant flows to the second sub-room and reacts with the solid state reactant to generate hydrogen. | 06-21-2012 |
20120171083 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN - An apparatus for generating hydrogen including a housing, a reservoir, and a piston is provided. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a sidewall. The top wall has vents and a protrudent column extending to the interior of the housing. At least one vent communicates with the top wall and the protrudent column and rest of the vents surround the protrudent column. The reservoir is disposed in the housing for storing a solid state reactant and divides the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is located between the top wall and the reservoir. The second chamber is located between the bottom wall and the reservoir for storing a liquid reactant. The piston is disposed on the bottom wall. The piston is used to push the liquid reactant towards the reservoir to react with the solid state reactant to generate hydrogen. | 07-05-2012 |
20120171089 | NON-WOVEN FABRIC, METHOD FOR FABRICATING NON-WOVEN FABRIC, AND GAS GENERATION APPARATUS - A non-woven fabric for reacting with a liquid to produce a gas is provided. The non-woven fabric includes at least one non-woven fabric fiber, a plurality of hot melt particles, and a plurality of solid particles. The non-woven fabric fiber has a first melting point. The hot melt particles are bonded with the non-woven fabric fiber and have a second melting point, in which the first melting point is higher than the second melting point. At least a part of the solid particles are bonded with the hot melt particles. Moreover, a method for fabricating the non-woven fabric and a gas generation apparatus using the non-woven fabric are also provided. | 07-05-2012 |
20120244765 | HYDROGEN POWER SUPPLY MODULE AND LIFE PRESERVER HAVING THE SAME - A hydrogen power supply module includes a hydrogen production unit, a fuel cell unit, and a hydrogen flow channel. The hydrogen flow channel is in communication with the hydrogen production unit and the fuel cell unit, and a solid-state reactant is stored in the hydrogen production unit. A liquid-state reactant reacts with the solid-state reactant to produce hydrogen when the liquid-state reactant comes into contact with the solid-state reactant, and the hydrogen flows into the fuel cell unit via the hydrogen flow channel. A life preserver having the hydrogen power supply module is also provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20130078486 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes a first case, a second case, a battery module, an air suction element, and a heat exchange module. The first case includes an air hole. The second case is disposed in the first case, and the second case includes a fuel cell therein. The battery module is disposed in the first case. The fuel cell and the battery module supply power to each other. The air suction element is disposed in the first case and near the air hole, and sucks an air into the first case through the air hole. The heat exchange module is disposed in the first case for heating the air. The air is warmed up after flowing by the heat exchange module, and at least a part of the air flows by the fuel cell and the battery module. | 03-28-2013 |
20130115142 | HYDROGEN-GENERATING DEVICE - A hydrogen-generating device is provided, which includes a reaction tank, a first cap, a second cap and a first guiding-pipe. The reaction tank has an accommodation space for accommodating a solid reactant. The first cap covers the accommodation space, wherein the first cap has a plurality of first open-holes. The second cap is disposed on the first cap and has a second open-hole, wherein the first cap and the second cap form a chamber therebetween. The first guiding-pipe passes through the first cap and the second cap to extend to the accommodation space, wherein the first open-holes surround the first guiding-pipe. A liquid reactant is for passing through the first guiding-pipe to arrive in the accommodation space and reacts with the solid reactant to generate a hydrogen. The hydrogen passes through the first open-holes to arrive at the chamber and then is expelled from the second open-hole. | 05-09-2013 |
20130129572 | HYDROGEN-GENERATING EQUIPMENT - A hydrogen-generating equipment including a hydrogen-generating device and a hydrogen-purifying device is provided. The hydrogen-generating device is capable of generating a hydrogen-gas, a water-vapor mixed in the hydrogen-gas and a toxic-gas mixed in the hydrogen-gas. The hydrogen-purifying device includes a water-vapor filter unit and a toxic-gas filter unit. The hydrogen-gas passes through the water-vapor filter unit to remove the water-vapor mixed in the hydrogen-gas. The toxic-gas filter unit includes a filtering assembly. The surface of the filtering assembly has a plurality of hydroxyls. After the hydrogen-gas passes through the water-vapor filter unit, the hydrogen-gas passes through the toxic-gas filter unit, and the toxic-gas mixed in the hydrogen-gas reacts with a plurality of hydroxyls on a surface of the filtering assembly to remove the toxic-gas. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136661 | Hydrogen production structure and method for fabricating the same - A hydrogen production structure includes a plurality of hollow fuel blocks having respective reaction rates for hydrogen production. Each of the hollow fuel blocks includes at least non-woven fibers and a solid-state reactant for hydrogen production, and the non-woven fibers and the solid-state reactant are bound together. | 05-30-2013 |
20130189598 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A fuel cell system and a method for controlling the fuel cell system are provided. The method includes detecting an output characteristic value of the fuel cell system and controlling the fuel cell system to respectively operate in at least two of a first mode, a second mode and a third mode at different time points according to the detected output characteristic value. Accordingly, the fuel cell system is capable of stably generating electric power, and is adapted to different operation environments. | 07-25-2013 |
20130280627 | HYDROGEN-PURIFYING DEVICE - A hydrogen-purifying device is suitable for a fuel cell (FC). The hydrogen-purifying device includes a guiding tank, a first water-absorbing material, a porous filter material and a second water-absorbing material. The guiding tank is connected to a hydrogen-generating device and a fuel cell. The hydrogen-generating device generates hydrogen, moisture mixed with the hydrogen and impurities mixed with the hydrogen. The first water-absorbing material, the porous filter material and the second water-absorbing material are disposed in the guiding tank. The hydrogen passes through the first water-absorbing material to remove a part of the moisture. Then, the hydrogen further passes through the porous filter material to remove the impurity. After that, the hydrogen further passes through the second water-absorbing material to remove another part of the moisture and arrives at the fuel cell. | 10-24-2013 |
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20140248033 | Environment Control Device and Video/Audio Player - An environment control device and a video/audio player are disclosed, wherein the environment control device is electrically connected to a video/audio player and controls at least one environment providing device. The environment control device has a processor, a connector, and a wireless communication module. The connector connects to video/audio player and electrically connects to the processor for receiving a situation signal transmitted from the video/audio player. The wireless communication module electrically connects to the processor for outputting an environment control signal to the at least one environment providing device, wherein the environment control signal is determined according to the situation signal. | 09-04-2014 |
20140252983 | Method for Controlling Lamps and Computer Program Product Thereof - A method for controlling a plurality of lamps is disclosed. The method is applied to an electrical apparatus, such that the user can control the plurality of lamps by the electrical apparatus. The method includes the following steps: receiving a plurality of different identification codes, wherein the identification codes represent each of the lamps respectively; setting at least two identification codes of the plurality of identification codes to be in the same control group according to a group setting command; and setting the control parameter of each of the lamps represented by each of the identification codes of the same control group to be the same. | 09-11-2014 |
20140349837 | Method of Producing Fiber Catalyst and Fiber Catalyst Thereof - A method of producing a plurality of fiber catalyst is disclosed, the method includes the steps of: mixing a plurality of fiber material and a solvent to form a solution; putting the solution into a modeling container, to form at least one specific shape fiber body; applying a shaping process to the specific shape fiber body; and cutting or milling the specific shape fiber body to form a plurality of fiber catalyst. | 11-27-2014 |
20150015163 | Dual-Purpose Lamp - Disclosed is a dual-purpose lamp, which comprises a power-converting module, a light-emitting module and a control unit. The power-converting module is used for generating a direct current. The light-emitting module is electrically connected with the power-converting module, the light-emitting module comprises an illuminative light-emitting body and a scenario light-emitting body, and the illuminative light-emitting body and the scenario light-emitting body are connected with each other in parallel. The control unit is electrically connected with the power-converting module and is used for controlling the power-converting module so as to adjust the brightness of the illuminative light-emitting body when light is emitted, or to adjust the color, the brightness or the chroma of the scenario light-emitting body when light is emitted. | 01-15-2015 |
20150137708 | Light Control System and Light Control Method Thereof - A light control system and a light control method thereof are disclosed. The light control system is used for controlling a light-emitting device. The light control system includes an ambient status sensing module, a storage module, a controlling module, and a driver module. The ambient status sensing module is used for sensing an ambient state to generate an ambient state value. The storage module has a database for storing a plurality of parameter values, wherein the plurality of parameter values are corresponded to a plurality of ambient state values. The controlling module is used for searching the plurality of parameter values stored within the database according to the ambient state value, so as to generating a controlling signal. The driver module is used for driving the light-emitting device according to the control signal. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138433 | Illumination Control System and Illumination Control Method - An illumination control method and an illumination control system for controlling at least one illuminating device are disclosed. The illumination control method includes following steps: capturing an image through an image capturing device; analyzing a characteristic of the image; and generating a first control signal. | 05-21-2015 |
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20100321336 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSOR CIRCUIT - The invention discloses a touch input device and a touch sensor circuit. The touch input device includes a touch panel, a selection module and a differential detection module. The touch panel includes a plurality of capacitive nodes thereon. The selection module is electrically connected with the capacitive nodes of the touch panel. The selection module selects a first capacitive node and a second capacitive node from the capacitive nodes. The second capacitive node is close to the first capacitive node. The differential detection module, electrically connected to the selection module, is used for detecting a capacitance difference between the first capacitive node and the second capacitive node. According to the capacitance difference, the differential detection module generates a touch detection signal. | 12-23-2010 |
20110063249 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing apparatus applied to a capacitance touch panel includes a sensing module, a signal generating module, a comparing module, and a processing module. When a first and a second touch point formed on the capacitance touch panel correspond to two first and second touch pad sets, the sensing module generates a request signal. The signal generating module respectively outputs two test signals with reverse phases to the two first touch pad sets according to the request signal. After the comparing module generates a compared result according to two voltage values corresponding to the two second touch pad sets, the processing module will determine the positions of the first and the second touch point according to the compared result. When touch points are more than two, the touch sensing apparatus repeats the above-mentioned steps until all positions of the touch points are defined and the ghost points are removed. | 03-17-2011 |
20120038574 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING TOUCH EVENT ON TOUCH PANEL BY SELECTING NON-ADJACENT SENSING AXIS AS REFERENCE AXIS - A detection method for detecting a touch event on a touch panel includes a plurality of first sensing axes on a first dimension, and a plurality of second sensing axes on a second dimension. The detection method includes: regarding each first sensing axis, choosing another first sensing not neighboring with the first sensing axis as a first reference axis, and utilizing the first sensing axis and the first reference axis to derive a first sensing data corresponding to the first sensing axis; utilizing the second axes to derive a second sensing data corresponding to each second sensing axis; and utilizing first sensing data respectively corresponding to the first sensing axes and second sensing data respectively corresponding to the second sensing axes to derive a touch event detection result. | 02-16-2012 |
20120075219 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH PANEL - A detection method for detecting a plurality of contacts on a touch panel includes: generating a preliminary sensing data according to the contacts on the touch panel; determining a plurality of first specific sensing axes included in a plurality of first sensing axes and a plurality of f second specific sensing axes included in a plurality of second sensing axes according to the preliminary sensing data; utilizing a configuration circuit to configure a driving and receiving sequence of the plurality of first sensing axes and the plurality of second sensing axes for obtaining a first sensing data and a second sensing data; and utilizing a determining circuit to receive a completion instruction, wherein when the determining circuit receives the completion instruction, the determining circuit determines a touch detection result according to the first sensing data and the second sensing data. | 03-29-2012 |
20120098775 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE CONTACTS ON TOUCH PANEL ACCORDING PRELIMINARY SENSING DATA - A detection method for detecting a plurality of contacts on a touch panel which includes a plurality of first sensing axes on a first dimension and a plurality of second sensing axes on a second dimension includes: generating a preliminary sensing data according to the contacts on the touch panel; determining at least one specific sensing axis included in the plurality of first sensing axes according to the preliminary sensing data; utilizing a configuration circuit to configure a driving and receiving sequence of the plurality of first sensing axes and the plurality of second sensing axes for obtaining a sensing output; and utilizing a determining circuit to receive a completion instruction. | 04-26-2012 |
20120249457 | UNGROUNDED TOUCH-SENSING INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF - A control device of an ungrounded touch-sensing panel is disclosed. The touch-sensing panel includes a plurality of first-directional lines and a plurality of second-directional lines arranged intersecting one another. The control device includes a selection circuit, at least one capacitor, a driving signal generation circuit, an analog to digital conversion module and a signal processing unit. The selection circuit is configured to select at least one scan line and at least one sense line from the first-directional lines and the second-directional lines during each scanning operation. After the new scan line and sense line are generated, each capacitor is coupled between each scan line and each sense line selected by the selection circuit to increase a total capacitance between the scan line and the sense line. | 10-04-2012 |
20130033441 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE FOR SWITCHING DRIVING SIGNALS - A touch input device for switching driving signals includes a touch panel and a panel driving circuit for driving the touch panel. The panel driving circuit includes a selecting circuit, a driving signal generating circuit, and a touch sensing circuit. The driving signal generating circuit transmits a driving signal to the touch panel. The selecting circuit includes a multiplexer, which controls sensing lines that do not comprise either an X directional measuring channel or a Y directional measuring channel to be grounded or floating in accordance with the driving signal. | 02-07-2013 |
20130271398 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOISE PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF TOUCH PANEL AND RELATED NOISE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method of controlling a noise processing circuit of a touch panel and a related noise signal processing apparatus. At first, the present invention detects whether the touch panel is interfered with by noise. Then, according to whether the noise interferes with the touch panel, the noise processing circuit is controlled to be activated or not activated. Therefore, the noise processing circuit can be turned off if it is unnecessary, thereby to reduce the workload due to the noise processing. | 10-17-2013 |