Abstract: A motion image data sequence, a method for generating the sequence, and a display device using the sequence are provided. The display device includes an image data input device and an image data processor. The image data input device transmits an initial image data to the image data processor. The image data processor inserts a mask frame between a first timing image frame and a third timing image frame to generate an output image data sequence. The mask frame includes a plurality of mask units and a plurality of image units. The mask units and the image units are disposed in an array form.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and circuitry to save power in a synchronous logic ASIC with low overhead. The scan chain(s) and boundary scan mechanism of the synchronous logic ASIC are used and modified for shifting out current states of internal memory devices of the synchronous logic ASIC to an external memory and for retaining the power-off blocks' primary output values to the memory devices of the boundary scan circuit, so the proposed gated power method is efficient and low overhead in the synchronous, flop-based, logic circuit design.

Abstract: A data transformation device including a pre-processing unit, a calculating unit and a post-processing unit is disclosed. The pre-processing unit performs a first pre-process with received image data to generate pre-processed image data, and performs a second pre-process with received result data to generate pre-processed result data. The calculating unit generates first calculated data and second calculated data according to the pre-processed image data and the pre-processed result data, by both a first calculating component and a second calculating component respectively. The post-processing unit performs a first post-process to generate the result data according to the first calculating data, and performs a second post-process to generate the image data according to the second calculating data.

Abstract: A data transformation method capable of saving numeral operations, the data transformation method includes encoding a plurality of digital data to generate a plurality of sets of byte data according to an encoding mode, determining a plurality of repetition patterns of the plurality of sets of byte data, processing shift operations on the plurality of sets of byte data to generate a plurality of sets of shifted byte data according to positions of the plurality of repetition patterns located in the plurality of sets of byte data, processing addition operations on the plurality of sets of shifted byte data.

Abstract: The present invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising cell status-specific transcriptional regulatory elements which confer cell status-specific transcriptional regulation on an adenoviral gene. A “cell status” is generally a reversible physiological and/or environmental state. The invention further provides compositions and host cells comprising the vectors, as well as methods of using the vectors.

Abstract: A method of optimal parameter adjustment includes randomly generating a first parameter group, setting each parameter into a device to detect a fitness function value corresponding to each parameter, copying parameters according to the fitness function value to form a second parameter group, randomly selecting parameter pairs from the second parameter group to implement a crossover method generating new parameter pairs to replace parameter pairs to form a third parameter group, and setting the third parameter group into the device to detect the fitness function value corresponding to each parameter and determining an optimal parameter according to the fitness function value.

Abstract: A sigma-delta circuit with time sharing architecture includes a coefficient generation element, a sigma-delta processing element, and a storage element. The coefficient generation element is used for generating coefficients for sigma-delta operations. The sigma-delta processing element is used for executing sigma-delta operations according to the coefficients generated by the coefficient generation element. The storage element is used for storing results of the sigma-delta operations executed by the sigma-delta processing element. The sigma-delta circuit is used for executing a plurality of orders of sigma-delta operations through the coefficient generation element, the sigma-delta processing element and the storage element.

Abstract: The present invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising cell status-specific transcriptional regulatory elements which confer cell status-specific transcriptional regulation on an adenoviral gene. A “cell status” is generally a reversible physiological and/or environmental state. The invention further provides compositions and host cells comprising the vectors, as well as methods of using the vectors.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and circuitry to save power in a synchronous logic ASIC with low overhead. The scan chain(s) and boundary scan mechanism of the synchronous logic ASIC are used and modified for shifting out current states of internal memory devices of the synchronous logic ASIC to an external memory and for retaining the power-off blocks' primary output values to the memory devices of the boundary scan circuit, so the proposed gated power method is efficient and low overhead in the synchronous, flop-based, logic circuit design.

Abstract: The invention provides a method to reduce the computation complexity by performing the motion estimation in the frequency domain with tiny hardware overhead and a little modification of the video compression algorithms. Since human eyes are not so sensitive in the high frequency range as in the low frequency range, the present invention only takes low frequency information for finding the motion vector in motion estimation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method to balance a clock tree dynamically. A controllable buffer is inserted in a specific level of a clock tree, and a controller is provided for adjusting two clocks with different skew by controlling the PMOS/NMOS arrangements in the controllable buffer so as to generate more current for compensating the time delay of slow clock to a sink. This method effectively suppressed the clock skew generated by the voltage drop or the temperature variations in the synchronous logic circuit design.

Abstract: The invention provides adenoviral vectors (preferably replication competent) comprising both an E3 sequence and at least one adenoviral gene under transcriptional control of a target cell-specific transcriptional response element. These vectors display significantly improved cytotoxicity, which is especially useful in the cancer context, in which selective destruction of target cells is desirable. The invention further provides host cells comprising the vectors. The invention further provides methods of using the adenoviral vectors.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method to balance a clock tree dynamically. A controllable buffer is inserted in a specific level of a clock tree, and a controller is provided for adjusting two clocks with different skew by controlling the PMOS/NMOS arrangements in the controllable buffer so as to generate more current for compensating the time delay of slow clock to a sink. This method effectively suppressed the clock skew generated by the voltage drop or the temperature variations in the synchronous logic circuit design.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for compressing workload of digital-animation calculation. The method is to calculate by dividing the frame of the digital-animation into small blocks less than 16×16 pixels, and RAM is used to temporarily save the calculation results, and the calculation results can be used repeatedly, so as to reduce the workload of digital-animation calculation.

Abstract: The present invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising cell status-specific transcriptional regulatory elements which confer cell status-specific transcriptional regulation on an adenoviral gene. A “cell status” is generally a reversible physiological and/or environmental state. The invention further provides compositions and host cells comprising the vectors, as well as methods of using the vectors.

Abstract: Cell specific replication-competent viral vectors comprising a self processing peptide cleavage sequence are provided. The targeted replication-competent viral vectors include two or more co-transcribed genes under transcriptional control of the same heterologous transcriptional regulatory element (TRE), wherein at least a second gene is under translational control of a self processing cleavage sequence or 2A sequence. Exemplary vector constructs may further include an additional proteolytic cleavage site which provides a means to remove the self processing peptide sequence from the viral vector.

Abstract: An optical wavelength switching system utilizes wavelength selective splitters and combiners arranged in one or more stages to select one or more wavelengths for optical switching. In an embodiment, the splitters and the combiners comprise tunable optical filters which are capable of being tuned to selected wavelengths for optical switching in a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) network.

Abstract: A thermal optical switching system has two optical outputs from each of the thermal optical switches in the last column of an optical switch matrix to switch the optical outputs between an on state, an off state and a split power state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sinusoidal transform vocoder based on the Bark spectrum, which has high quality and low bit rate for coding. The present invention includes the steps of transforming a harmonic sine wave from a frequency spectrum to a perception-based Bark spectrum. An equal-loudness pre-emphasis and the loudness to a subjective loudness transformation are also involved in the method. Last, a pulse code modulation (PCM) is used to quantize the subjective loudness to obtain quantized subjective loudness. In synthesis, the Bark spectrum is inversely processed to obtain the excitation pattern following the sone-to-phone conversion and equal-loudness deemphasis. Then, the sine wave amplitudes can be estimated from the excitation pattern by assuming that the amplitudes belonging to the same critical band are equal.

Abstract: This patent describes a new method for remotely measuring vibration of an object based on laser Doppler vibrometry. The method combines an external two-pass frequency shifting technique with self-mixed, heterodyne detection to provide a compact measurement system that requires only three optical components. A standard diode laser package, consisting of a laser and a monitor photodiode, is used to emit light and detect the scattered signal, a lens is used to collimate the light, and an external modulator is used to shift the optical frequency. The diode laser may be used with or without temperature stabilization. The unique design permits the measurement of objects from a range of long distances without the need for focusing or alignment. Measurements made with the system are characterized by high signal-to-noise ratio, wide dynamic range, and simple alignment.