Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-chip light-emitting diode (LED) with three luminescent spectrums of red, blue and green wavelengths. The single-chip light-emitting diode of the invention comprises a base, two conductive pins, a single-chip light-emitting element, a package material, and red fluorescent powder. The single-chip light-emitting element is disposed on the base and electrically connected to the two conductive pins. The red fluorescent powder is added to the package material. The single-chip light-emitting element comprises a substrate, an N-type cladding layer, a P-type cladding layer, at least one green light-emitting layer, and at least one blue light-emitting layer. The green light-emitting and blue light-emitting layers are formed between the N-type cladding layer and the P-type cladding layer.

Abstract: Selectively providing LC overdrive by determining a relative noise level between a current video frame and a previous video frame and overdriving the current video frame based upon the determined relative noise level.

Abstract: A reduced memory method, apparatus, and system suitable for implementation in Liquid Crystal Display (LCDs) that reduces a pixel element response time thereby enabling the display of high quality fast motion images thereupon. As a method of generating an overdrive pixel value in an LCD device, a predicted pixel value is compressed and stored. The stored compressed pixel value is then retrieved and decompressed as a start pixel value. An overdrive pixel value based upon a target pixel value and the start pixel value such that the overdrive pixel value enables a pixel to reach the target pixel value within a single frame period.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit on semiconductor substrates, e.g., silicon wafer. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate characterized by a first lattice with a first structure and a first spacing. In a specific embodiment, the semiconductor substrate has an overlying film of material with a second lattice with a second structure and a second spacing, the second spacing placing the film of material in a strain mode characterized by a first tensile and/or compressive mode along a single film surface crystal axis across a first portion of the film of material relative to the semiconductor substrate with the first structure and the first spacing. The method patterns a predetermined region of the first portion of the film of material to cause the first tensile and/or compressive mode in the first portion of the film of material to change to a second tensile and/or compressive mode in a resulting patterned portion of the first portion of the film of material.

Abstract: A method for reducing a response time of the pixels corresponding to a period of time required for a selected pixel at a starting pixel value to reach a target pixel value. Providing an n×n factored zero diagonal LCD overdrive matrix and for a selected pixel at a particular start pixel value, selecting a particular target pixel value to be reached in one frame time, and determining a particular overdrive pixel value based upon the particular start pixel value and the particular target pixel value using the factored zero diagonal LCD overdrive matrix. When the start pixel value and the target pixel value are equal or almost equal in value, then setting the overdrive pixel value to a main diagonal pixel value such that the start pixel value is equal to the target pixel value.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing Hsync and Vsync signals in graphic controllers to avoid a false reading of pulses caused by glitches. The apparatus and method involve detecting when the synch signal crosses the threshold for the first time. When this occurs, the output of the detection circuit is held for the predetermined period of time, even if subsequent transitions across threshold occur during this period. After the predetermined period expires, the output is released and may assume the same state as the input sync signal at that time. In this manner, a misinterpretation of the resolution format caused by the reading of a “false” pulse caused by a glitch on a sync signal can be avoided.

Abstract: A top loop fits around the neck of a golfer. A bottom loop fits around the mid-section of the golfer. An intermediate section containing a breakaway unit connects the top loop to the bottom loop. If the golfer projects an acceptable swing, the breakaway unit does not disengage until the golfer reaches the follow through mode. If the breakaway unit disengages during the downward or ball contact mode, then the swing has not been satisfactory.

Abstract: The instant invention provides methods of expressing polynucleotides in the cells of the liver comprising administering viral particles comprising a recombinant AAV vector into a mammal, preferably a human.

Abstract: A probe device having a contact probe including a film, a plurality of wiring patterns formed on the film with each wiring pattern having a front end portion projecting from the film so as to form contact pins, and a metal layer provided on the film. In one embodiment, the contact probe device includes first and second contact probes connected to each other, the first contact probe including a first film, and a plurality of first wiring patterns formed on the first film, each first wiring pattern having a front end portion projecting from the first film so as to form contact pins. The second contact probe includes a second film, and a plurality of second wiring patterns formed on the second film. The plurality of second wiring patterns are connected to the plurality of first wiring patterns, and the second contact probe is formed separately from the first contact probe.

Abstract: A method of overdriving LCD panels to improve LCD pixel response time is described that does not rely upon conventional use of overdrive look up tables. The method is based upon modeling the LCD pixels as linear second-order dynamical systems that leads to simple runtime calculations requiring but a small number of stored panel specific constants.

Abstract: A technique for forming a film of material (12) from a donor substrate (10). The technique has a step of introducing energetic particles (22) through a surface of a donor substrate (10) to a selected depth (20) underneath the surface, where the particles have a relatively high concentration to define a donor substrate material (12) above the selected depth. An energy source is directed to a selected region of the donor substrate to initiate a controlled cleaving action of the substrate (10) at the selected depth (20), whereupon the cleaving action provides an expanding cleave front to free the donor material from a remaining portion of the donor substrate.

Abstract: An extended overdrive table uses the saturation regions to store useful data that conformably extends the unsaturated region in a natural way. This extended overdrive table reduces the size of any interpolation errors when straddling crossover points to acceptable levels without requiring storing or using any crossover data. In addition, since the saturation regions are used to hold the new data, no additional storage requirements are introduced. The numeric range of the extended table is increased and it is therefore supposed that the bit depth of the table entries is increased, but the table can be resealed to retain the original bit depth with insignificant loss of accuracy. Also, the new data incorporated into the saturation regions allows run time calculation of the pixel attained at the end of the frame time that is needed as the start of the pixel for the next cycle.

Abstract: Pixel clock frequency and optimum sampling phase adjustment is an important requirement in Flat panel display monitors (FPDM) with an analog video interface. This invention proposes a new and more advanced method for frequency an optimum sampling phase determination. It is based on analyzing the content of the image to arrive at an optimum value of phase and frequency by directly optimizing image quality. The method differs from exsisting methods on two counts. First, no assumptions are needed about the precise value of expected frequency. Second, instead of following a two step approach of first determining frequency and then phase, this invention makes possible a single pass phase-frequency optimization.

Abstract: A binocular device includes two observation optical systems, an additional optical system, and a viewfinder for the additional optical system. An image-capturing unit is movable between a first image-plane position of one of the observation optical systems and an image-plane position of the additional optical system by shifting a lens-switching lever. A switch of the image-capturing unit can be turned on and off by a camera switch lever. For an observation mode using the observation optical system, the image-capturing unit is set at the image-plane position of the additional optical system. For an image-capturing mode using the observation optical system, the image-capturing unit is set at the first image-plane position such that the switch of the image-capturing unit is turned on. For image-capturing using the additional optical system, the image-capturing unit is set at the image-plane position of the additional optical system such that the switch of the image-capturing unit is turned on.

Abstract: A heavy-duty demolition shear for attachment to the boom structure and hydraulic system of an excavator, has a rigid lower jaw and an upper jaw and pivot interconnecting the jaws together. The shear is attachable to the boom structure of the excavator. The upper jaw has upper shear blades, while the lower jaw has at least one lower shear blade. The lower jaw also has a rigid guide blade lying along the lower shear blade and in spaced relation therewith. The outer ends of the shear blade and guide blade are co-extensively opposed to each other so that a tie plate secures the outer ends of the lower shear blade and the guide blade together. There is an open slot between the lower shear blade and the adjacent guide blade to receive the upper shear blade and upper jaw therein. The upper jaw has a cylinder attached to the hydraulic system of the excavator for closing and opening the upper jaw relative to the lower jaw.

Abstract: Lentiviral vectors modified at the 5? LTR or both the 5? and 3? LTR's are useful in the production of recombinant lentivirus vectors. Such vectors can be produced in the absence of a functional tat gene. Multiple transformation of the host cell with the vector carrying the transgene enhances virus production.

Abstract: A polymer electrolyte includes a substrate polymer, a branched polymer, and a lithium salt. The branched polymer has a main chain whose repeating unit is composed of an oligoethylene oxide chain and a connector molecule bonded to the oligoethylene oxide chain. The branched polymer can be a hyperbranched polymer. The polymer electrolyte can further include a composite oxide and/or a boroxine compound. The polymer electrolyte is good in terms of the ionic conductivity, and exhibits a high ionic conductivity especially at low temperatures. When the polymer electrolyte is used to make polymer lithium batteries, the resulting polymer lithium batteries shows improved charge-discharge cycle characteristics. In particular, it is possible to operate the polymer lithium batteries at low temperatures.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel based display, a method of dynamically selecting either frame rate conversion (FRC) or pixel voltage overdrive is disclosed. The method is carried out by performing the following operations. A video vertical refresh rate of an incoming video data stream is determined and based upon the determining, only one video data stream conditioning protocol from a number of available video data stream conditioning protocols is selected. The selected video data stream condition protocol is then applied to the video data stream.

Abstract: A method for forming II-type cellulose, which comprises introducing together a slurry having water and a I-type cellulose dispersed therein and water in the state of high temperature and high pressure to a tubular reactor (28) contacting the I-type cellulose with a hot water in a supercritical state or subcritical state for a predetermined time in the tubular reactor (28), to thereby cleave a part of the hydrogen bonds in the I-type cellulose and dissolve the I-type cellulose into the water in a supercritical state or subcritical state, cooling a cellulose solution discharged from the tubular reactor (28) in a cooler (30) to room temperature or lower, followed by allowing to stand, to thereby precipitate crystals of II-type cellulose having a molecular weight lower than that of the I-type cellulose, and separating the resultant II-type cellulose from a solvent. The method allows the preparation of pure II-type cellulose by the use of a simple process.

Abstract: A method of automatic generation of horizontal synchronization of an analog signal to a digital display is described. Accordingly, a number of features are found and for each of a range of test Htotal values, a pixel co-ordinate value for each of the found features is calculated. A pixel co-ordinate remainder value associated with each of the pixel co-ordinate values is determined and a maximum gap value of the pixel co-ordinate remainder values associated with a true horizontal resolution. is determined.