Abstract: A contrast ratio promotion method for a display device is provided. The display device contains a back light module having a brightness and has a maximum luminance. The contrast ratio promotion method comprises the steps of continuously receiving a picture signal during each unit time, continuously calculating a ratio of a luminance of a picture corresponding to the picture signal to the maximum luminance, where the ratio is defined as an instant relative luminance, setting a first ratio, a first buffer time and a first adjusting time, and gradually reducing the brightness of the back light module to a minimum brightness during the first adjusting time when a first cumulated time for the respective consecutive plural instant relative luminances being smaller than the first ratio is longer than the first buffer time.

Abstract: An actuating apparatus includes a motion driving module rigidly coupled to a platform, a working stage driven by the motion driving module to move relative to the platform, a speckle image capturing module rigidly coupled to the working stage and capable of capturing a speckle image of a sub-region of a reference region of the platform, and a control module operable in a positioning mode, where the control module obtains a current position of the working stage in a coordinate system associated with the platform based on a comparison between the captured speckle image and reference speckle image information that is associated with and unique to the reference region, and controls the motion driving module to drive the working stage toward a target position in the coordinate system based on a difference between the current position and the target position.

Abstract: A dynamic hard disk mapping method and a server using the same are disclosed. The server includes a first motherboard, a second motherboard, a first disk group corresponding to the first motherboard, and a second disk group corresponding to the second motherboard. In the dynamic hard disk mapping method, at first, a disk redistributing instruction is received and stored. Thereafter, a reset instruction is received and performed. Then, the number of hard disks of the first disk group and the number of hard disks of the second disk group are summed up to obtain a total hard disk number N, wherein N is a positive integer greater than zero. Thereafter, the disk redistributing instruction is read, and a redistribution computation is performed in accordance with the disk redistributing instruction to obtain a third disk group corresponding to the first motherboard and a fourth disk group corresponding to the second motherboard.

Abstract: A debugging method for a plurality of processor cores is disclosed, which includes defining a debug data transmitting zone in a storage device, utilizing a first processor core for generating a debug data and transmitting the debug data to a second processor core via the debug data transmitting zone for debugging.

Abstract: A zipper lock contains: a lock body, a lock mechanism, and a shackle. The lock body includes at least one positioning post mounted thereon for fitting with at least one pull piece by using at least one through hole of the at least one pull piece. The lock mechanism is disposed on the lock body. The shackle is axially connected with the lock body and is rotated toward a unlock position relative to the lock body so that the at least one pull piece is fitted onto and removed from the at least one positioning post. The shackle allows being rotated toward a lock position relative to the lock body so that the at least one pull piece is fitted onto the at least one positioning post, and the shackle is locked by the lock mechanism.

Abstract: A method and system for positioning by using optical speckle are disclosed in this invention. A highly coherent laser light irradiates a positioning template in advance to record optical speckles caused by interference by scattered light beams from the positioning template for establishing a speckle database. Furthermore, a reference point is defined to position each recorded speckle. Therefore, a coordinate with respect to the reference point corresponding to a specified speckle can be used to position a target or applied to distance measurement by the speckle database. The precision of the speckles according to the present invention is within several micrometers. Hence, it can provide high precision positioning.

Abstract: A highly sensitive movable touchpad is disclosed in the present invention. It is used for laptop computers and has a slidable template for users to move so that a cursor can be controlled by the touchpad. A resistive or capacitive detecting surface can be applied for detecting users' click, double click, drag, or scroll motion on any point of the surface. Additionally, there is an optical displacement sensor provided under the slidable template for detecting surface information on the back surface of the slidable template. A sequence of images of surface movement are processed by an image processing unit. Then, relative movement information is calculated and sent to an operating system in the computer. The operating system controls the cursor with the relative movement information. The present invention uses edge detectors for dynamically controlling the cursor and calibrating location of the cursor so that positioning of the touchpad is synchronous with the cursor.

Abstract: A digital data management system and method, wherein, a serial number of a multi-media broadcasting device and digital data of a digital data platform are utilized to generate a key, and that is used to encipher said digital data. Upon downloading and storing said enciphered digital data by said multi-media broadcasting device, said key is used to decipher said digital data for broadcast. Through application of said digital data management system and method, management of protection of digital data authorization can be enhanced, such that a user is able to download said digital data to said multi-media broadcasting device for broadcasting, hereby eliminating the inconvenience of having to listen to music on-line.

Abstract: A highly sensitive movable touchpad is disclosed in the present invention. It is used for laptop computers and has a slidable template for users to move so that a cursor can be controlled by the touchpad. A resistive or capacitive detecting surface can be applied for detecting users' click, double click, drag, or scroll motion on any point of the surface. Additionally, there is an optical displacement sensor provided under the slidable template for detecting surface information on the back surface of the slidable template. A sequence of images of surface movement are processed by an image processing unit. Then, relative movement information is calculated and sent to an operating system in the computer. The operating system controls the cursor with the relative movement information. The present invention uses edge detectors for dynamically controlling the cursor and calibrating location of the cursor so that positioning of the touchpad is synchronous with the cursor.

Abstract: A method and system for positioning by using optical speckle are disclosed in this invention. A highly coherent laser light irradiates a positioning template in advance to record optical speckles caused by interference by scattered light beams from the positioning template for establishing a speckle database. Furthermore, a reference point is defined to position each recorded speckle. Therefore, a coordinate with respect to the reference point corresponding to a specified speckle can be used to position a target or applied to distance measurement by the speckle database. The precision of the speckles according to the present invention is within several micrometers. Hence, it can provide high precision positioning.

Abstract: A device for selecting an image processing function is provided. The device comprises an analog-to-digital converting unit outputting a first image in response to an image signal having a first frequency; a frame buffer unit having a frame buffering function; and an over-driving unit having an over-driving function, wherein the device for selecting the image processing function enables one of the frame buffering function and the over-driving function according to the first frequency.

Abstract: An adjustment method for a display device is provided. The display device includes a screen, a button and plural display modes including at least a first display mode and a second display mode. The adjustment method comprises steps of pressing the button once to display the first display mode on the screen when the display device is on, waiting for a waiting time when the first mode is desired to be selected, pressing the button again during the waiting time to display the second display mode on the screen when the first mode is not desired to be selected, and waiting for a waiting time when the second mode is desired to be selected.

Abstract: Ultrasonic energy has been proven that at suitable frequency range (670-kHz to 2-MHz), ultrasound can be focused to a specific target, and the concentrated energy has sufficient high acoustic pressure so that capable of inducing localized blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, which has an important implication on noninvasively delivering drug into brain.

Abstract: A contrast ratio promotion method for a display device is provided. The display device contains a back light module having a brightness and has a maximum luminance. The contrast ratio promotion method comprises the steps of continuously receiving a picture signal during each unit time, continuously calculating a ratio of a luminance of a picture corresponding to the picture signal to the maximum luminance, where the ratio is defined as an instant relative luminance, setting a first ratio, a first buffer time and a first adjusting time, and gradually reducing the brightness of the back light module to a minimum brightness during the first adjusting time when a first cumulated time for the respective consecutive plural instant relative luminances being smaller than the first ratio is longer than the first buffer time.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system of energy-efficient and constant-pressure fluid-transport machines coupled in parallel, which can flexibly and massively provide gas and water to every fabrication unit. The system of the present invention comprises: variable-frequency centrifugal fluid-transport machines, pressure gauges, power meters, flow meters, and controllers. The performance curves of the abovementioned system of fluid-transport machines coupled in parallel and the system impedance curves of the loads are analyzed theoretically and built in the controllers together with the equal-efficiency curves provided by the manufacturer. When the system is operating, the data detected by the pressure gauges, power meters, and flow meters are compared with the built-in data to obtain the optimal energy-efficient conditions as the operational criteria of the system of the present invention.

Abstract: A method for promoting axon re-growth and behavior recovery in a subject suffering from a nerve injury is described. The method includes administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a safe and effective amount of a chondroitinase ABC (CHABC) to an injury site of the nerve injury in the subject.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system of energy-efficient and constant-pressure parallel-coupled fluid-transport machines, which can flexibly and massively provide gas and water to every fabrication unit. The system of the present invention comprises: variable-frequency centrifugal fluid-transport machines, pressure gauges, power meters, flow meters, and controllers. The performance curves of the abovementioned system of parallel-coupled fluid-transport machines and the system impedance curves of the loads are analyzed theoretically and built in the controllers together with the equal-efficiency curves provided by the manufacturer. When the system is operating, the data detected by the pressure gauges, power meters, and flow meters are compared with the built-in data to obtain the optimal energy-efficient conditions as the operational criteria of the system of the present invention.

Abstract: In order to maintain normal states of machines during cutoff of electric power, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is required for a short time before a power generator starts to send out electric power. For normal functioning of a UPS, it is necessary to periodically detect the state of each battery thereof. In addition to measuring the variation of voltage and current of a battery by using a microprocessor, a sensor, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the variation of voltage versus time (i.e., the voltage drop rate) of the battery during discharge is also measured. In other words, the voltage drop rate of a battery is measured as a standard for determining whether the battery is applicable to the UPS.

Abstract: A cooling tower for automatically adjusting flow rates of cooling water and cooling air with variations of a load comprises a plurality of thermometers; a hygrometer; at least one controllers; a cooling water pump; and at least one cooling towers connected in parallel. The desired data, such as optimum allowance operating range, heat transferring property of cooling towers, outer gas bulb temperature, approach and relations therebetween are calculated numerically and then are built in the controller. As the cooling tower is operated, by the measuring of the thermometer, messages are transferred to the controller, the practical data and predetermined data are compared in the controller so as to acquire an optimum cooling water flow and cooling air flow. Then, the controllers are used to control the cooling fan in the cooling pump and cooling towers. Thus, an optimum flow rate is acquired. Therefore, the power is saved. The flow rate of the present invention is changed with the load of the ice water mainframe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable spool with a damping brake, which has a modified central supporting axle with a combination of circular and square parts. The circular sectional part of the supporting axle is used for supporting the spool and the brake disk, the square sectional part at the axle end is used for fixing the brake clamps and for supporting to a fixture. The square sectional part at the middle of the axle will be mounted with a brake holder having square axle hole and a brake shoe. The brake force can be adjusted by a spring. During operation, the cable spool is pulled by an external force to release the cable, and a spool rib will immediately drive the brake disk, while the brake disk will be braked by the brake holder and the brake shoe. Once the external force stops pulling, the cable spool will stop rotating due to the brake force from the brake shoe. Therefore, the cable remaining on the spool will not release continually. No external power is needed to stop the spool.