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In an information-processing apparatus employing a coordinate input unit such as a touch panel, processing of explicitly reporting the state of an operation carried out by the user to the user is carried out in order to present a result of the operation to the user. In the information-processing apparatus employing the coordinate input unit and a display unit integrated with the coordinate input unit, in accordance with the type of an operation carried out by the user on the coordinate input unit, the apparatus issues a notice for verifying the state of the operation as well as a result of the operation and avoiding an incorrect operation to the user. To put it concretely, in the configuration of the information-processing apparatus, by outputting a display detectable by the visual sense, a sound or a vibration pattern in accordance with the number of times contact with the coordinate input unit has been made during an operation or in accordance with the state of sustaining such contact, it is possible to verify whether a tap operation or a drag operation has been carried out as intended by the user.

The invention relates to a method for selecting products, wherein with each product there is associated a data set with a plurality of product characteristics, wherein the selection of a product is performed based on criteria selected by a user relating to the characteristics, and wherein the selection is displayed on a graphic display unit.The object of the invention to simplify the selection process in such a way that the number of results is limited by simplifying the criteria for the characteristics, is solved by setting the criteria for the characteristics on at least two scales and setting the criteria on the scales with the help of at least one input device in conjunction with the graphic display unit.

Disclosed are a method for receiving control information and a terminal device using the same. The terminal is able to receive a non-user-specific A-MAP IE of a specific sub-frame from a base station according as a broadcasting message is transmitted from the specific sub-frame, wherein the non-user-specific A-MAP IE includes an indicator showing that the non-user-specific A-MAP IE is configured in an extended form. The terminal can also obtain scheduling information based on the received indicator, wherein the scheduling information is configured by the type of the extended non-user-specific A-MAP IE. Then, the terminal is capable of decoding the broadcast message in a certain sub-frame based on the obtained scheduling information.

A vehicle peripheral obstacle notification system, used on a construction machine, detects a moving obstacle, gives composite display of the detected moving obstacle, and notifies a user thereof, the moving obstacle being at a location not appearing in a composite bird's-eye view obtained by onboard cameras acquiring images of the surroundings of the vehicle including an image immediately under the vehicle body. The system has a composite image formation part that extracts composite image formation areas from the surrounding images to compose a composite bird's-eye image. A moving obstacle is detected using the surrounding images and it is decided whether the detected position of the moving obstacle is inside or outside the composite image formation areas. If the detected position is determined to be outside the composite image formation areas, information about the detected position is extracted and an image thereof is output for superimposition onto the composite bird's-eye image.

A CB resource feedback method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, uplink information that is sent by a sending device on a CB resource; when the uplink information is decoded, feeding back, by the network device correct reception of the uplink information to the sending device through a first physical downlink control channel, where the first physical downlink control channel is masked with an identifier of the sending device. Through the technical solutions provided in embodiments of the present invention, the sending device may be enabled to accurately know that the uplink information sent by the sending device is received correctly or is received incorrectly, and the sending device may be enabled to know a receiving status more quickly.

Various embodiments of methods and systems for hardware (“HW”) based dynamic memory management in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. One exemplary method includes generating a lookup table (“LUT”) to track each memory page located across multiple portions of a volatile memory. The records in the LUT are updated to keep track of data locations. When the PCD enters a sleep state to conserve energy, the LUT may be queried to determine which specific memory pages in a first portion of volatile memory (e.g., an upper bank) contain data content and which pages in a second portion of volatile memory (e.g., a lower bank) are available for receipt of content. Based on the query, the location of the data in the memory pages of the upper bank is known and can be quickly migrated to memory pages in the lower bank which are identified for receipt of the data.

The present invention provides a traffic flow and vehicle safety and position detection system, which includes a vehicle detection host within a vehicle, a remote server system and a mobile telephone number. When being used to monitor traffic flow, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is used to link up the vehicle detection host with the remote server system and transmit traveling vehicle information to a remote server, wherein the information is stored. When being used to prevent vehicle theft, a vehicle owner is able to phone the remote server system via the mobile telephone number, thereby enabling the remote server system to detect location of the vehicle detection host. Hence, the mobile telephone number enables the vehicle owner to have control over the status of his vehicle at all times.

A job managing apparatus which is capable of recognizing the status of an external apparatus using a plurality of diagnosing methods in the case where the external apparatus has not performed printing for a predetermined period of time or longer or in the case where an abnormality in the status of the external apparatus is detected, to thereby be able to manage job information in a strict manner. Job information is received from the external apparatus by a communication section. It is detected by a CPU whether or not job information on at least one unprocessed job is included in the received job information. An abnormality in the external apparatus corresponding to the detected job information on at least one unprocessed job is detected by the CPU by using a plurality of protocols. A process is carried out by the CPU to deal with the detected abnormality.

Disclosed are a method for receiving control information and a terminal device using the same. The terminal is able to receive a non-user-specific A-MAP IE of a specific sub-frame from a base station according as a broadcasting message is transmitted from the specific sub-frame, wherein the non-user-specific A-MAP IE includes an indicator showing that the non-user-specific A-MAP IE is configured in an extended form. The terminal can also obtain scheduling information based on the received indicator, wherein the scheduling information is configured by the type of the extended non-user-specific A-MAP IE. Then, the terminal is capable of decoding the broadcast message in a certain sub-frame based on the obtained scheduling information.

The detector comprises a loopback unit 10 which is connected to a connector formed at one end of an optical camera cable, an optical loop fiber 11 connecting a first optical fiber 31 and a second optical fiber 32, and a short-circuit wiring 12 which short-circuits plural electric lines of the optical camera cable. The detector also comprises a measuring unit 40 comprising a transmission loss measuring part which is connected to a connector formed at the other end of the optical camera cable and measures transmission loss between the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, a resistivity measuring part which measures resistivity between electric lines, a disconnection detecting part which detects connection or disconnection of electric lines by using measured resistivity, and a display part, which displays the result of transmission loss measured by the transmission loss measuring part and connection or disconnection detected by the disconnection detecting part.

In an information-processing apparatus employing a coordinate input unit such as a touch panel, processing of explicitly reporting the state of an operation carried out by the user to the user is carried out in order to present a result of the operation to the user. In the information-processing apparatus employing the coordinate input unit and a display unit integrated with the coordinate input unit, in accordance with the type of an operation carried out by the user on the coordinate input unit, the apparatus issues a notice for verifying the state of the operation as well as a result of the operation and avoiding an incorrect operation to the user. To put it concretely, in the configuration of the information-processing apparatus, by outputting a display detectable by the visual sense, a sound or a vibration pattern in accordance with the number of times contact with the coordinate input unit has been made during an operation or in accordance with the state of sustaining such contact, it is possible to verify whether a tap operation or a drag operation has been carried out as intended by the user.

A server system including a rack, motherboards and direct current (DC) transformation units is provided. Each of the motherboards is inserted on the rack, and generates a power on signal. Each of the DC transformation units is on the rack and receives a DC voltage. When each of the motherboards is electrically connect to the corresponding DC transformation unit, each of the DC transformation units generates a standby voltage and a standby voltage ready signal to the motherboard according to the DC voltage so that the motherboard enters a standby state according to the standby voltage ready signal. When the motherboard corresponding to each of the DC transformation unit generates the power on signal, the DC transformation unit receives the power on signal and generates an operating voltage and an operating voltage ready signal to the motherboard, and the motherboard is turned on according to the operating voltage ready signal.

Various embodiments of methods and systems for hardware (“HW”) based dynamic memory management in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. One exemplary method includes generating a lookup table (“LUT”) to track each memory page located across multiple portions of a volatile memory. The records in the LUT are updated to keep track of data locations. When the PCD enters a sleep state to conserve energy, the LUT may be queried to determine which specific memory pages in a first portion of volatile memory (e.g., an upper bank) contain data content and which pages in a second portion of volatile memory (e.g., a lower bank) are available for receipt of content. Based on the query, the location of the data in the memory pages of the upper bank is known and can be quickly migrated to memory pages in the lower bank which are identified for receipt of the data.

Disclosed are a mobile communication terminal for receiving a call while running an application and a method for same according to the present invention. The present invention provides the mobile communication terminal for receiving a call while running the application and the method for same, comprising: an input portion for receiving inputted information according to an operation of a key or a menu by a user; a control portion for running the application for an additional function according to the inputted information that is received, and controlling so that when an incoming signal is received, a call reception window indicating call connection status information with respect to the incoming signal is displayed on a portion of an additional function running screen; and a display for receiving a control signal from the control portion and displaying same on the screen, wherein the call reception window is displayed on the portion of the screen from which the application is run when the incoming signal is received while running the application for the additional function, thereby allowing continuous use of the additional function without disruption of application use due to receiving a call, and allowing control of call-related functions by using the call reception window so that the call-related functions can be controlled even while using another application.

The invention provides a system for evaluating food flavors based on a gas, including a multi-gas sensing module and an odor information processing module. The sensing module includes a colorimetric gas sensing chip for reacting with odor molecules emitted by the food to be evaluated to form a coloring reaction, and the sensing module generates a color image respectively corresponding to coloring reaction according to the coloring reaction. The processing module is communicatively connected with the sensing module and includes an image acquisition unit for converting the color image into an odor information, a database unit including a plurality of identification information, and an arithmetic unit perform a calculation to form a result for evaluating the food flavors based on the plurality of identification information and the color image. The user can judge the actual condition of foods according to the result for evaluating the food flavors.

A device for guiding a medical imaging probe in order to move the probe close to an anatomical space, the probe having a mechanism for acquiring images of the anatomical space, and the device having at least one sensor mounted to the probe. The device includes a processing mechanism for deducing a rotation of the probe in the space from the signals generated by the sensor and for estimating a plurality of plausible positions of the probe relative to the anatomical space by deducing the rotation of the probe in the space. The processing mechanism is arranged such as to determine the position of the probe relative to the anatomical space from the plausible positions. Also disclosed is a method for guiding the probe.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a projector including a housing, a light source module, a light engine module, a projection lens module, and a thermal module. An airflow is formed in the housing. The thermal module is disposed in the housing and includes a base and a plurality of fins. The housing has a space for accommodating the thermal module, and a dimension of the space is L. An average velocity of the airflow before entering the plurality of fins is V, and a pitch between adjacent fins of the plurality of fins is P, and a reference value Y=[2.9*(V+1)*(P−2.3)∧2+2.4*(V−3.308)∧2+15.82], and when L is greater than or equal to Y, the thermal module is a three-dimensional vapor chamber thermal module or a tower thermal module.