Abstract: A car-used lock with alerting function comprises a lock installed with a sensor, a buzzer and a transmitter; a receiving control device for receiving signals from the transmitter; the receiving control device being installed with a receiver, a decoder, a microprocessor, an indicator, leaning keys, a dialing control wire and a power source; a car-used handset connected to the receiving control device and having a battery. The receiver serves to transfer the high frequency signals emitted from the transmitter into digital signals. The decoder serves to transfer the digital signals into codes. The microprocessor serves to compare the codes with the built-in data. The lock has the affect of immediate alert and communication with legal frequency bands and power. The power source is from the car used handset. Furthermore, two sets of quick dialing numbers are used so that the line busy of the car owner can be avoided.

Abstract: A storage device stores rows of bits including a D0 bit, an X0 bit, an X1 bit, a Y0 bit, a Y1 bit and a spatially predicted coded block pattern having an A0 bit, an A1 bit, an A2 bit, and an A3 bit. A first circuit is connected to the storage device for setting the A0 bit. A second circuit is connected to the storage device for setting the A2 bit and operates in parallel to the first circuit. In a second clock cycle, the bits in the storage device are shifted and the first circuit and the second circuit are reused to calculate the A1 bit and the A2 bit in parallel. Alternatively, a third circuit and a fourth circuit can be connected to the storage device to calculate the A1 bit and the A2 bit in parallel during the first clock cycle.

Abstract: An anti-theft automobile steering wheel lock with an alarm includes an alarm and a lock body. The alarm set fixed on the lock body consists of a circuit board, a buzzer and a battery base. The circuit board possesses a microphone sensor, a vibrating sensor and a warning light. The warning light and the battery base are connected with the circuit board. In using, wrap a fitting member of the lock body around a part of the steering wheel of an automobile and power the alarm set in a detecting state. If a door of an automobile is opened by a thief, air current outside the automobile will flow into the interior of the automobile, inducing the microphone sensor to make the buzzer sound out for warning. If the body of an automobile is struck by a thief, the vibrating sensor will be induced to make the buzzer sound out.

Abstract: A lamp having a planar light-emitting source includes a light-guiding structure, a light-emitting portion, and a shading supporting seat. The point-shaped lighting units of the light-emitting portion emit the point-shaped light beams toward the side plane of the light-guiding structure. Then, these beams enter the light-guiding structure. After turning approximately 90 degrees, a uniformly distributed planar light generated from the light-emitting plane of the light-guiding structure. So, a planar light source is obtained. In this invention, it has a planar light-emitting function with better lighting efficiency. The planar lighting is evenly distributed without shadow. Its energy consumption and heat generation are low. The product's life is prolonged. Its volume is small and it is portable.

Abstract: This invention provides methods of generating cells that stably replicate sub-genomic virus replicons. This invention also provides methods of generating cells that have disabled PKR activity and that stably replicate HCV sub-genomic replicons. The invention also provides methods of using the cells of the invention to screen for compounds that modulate viral RNA replication, including HCV RNA replication.

Abstract: An anti-theft automobile steering wheel lock with an alarm includes an alarm and a lock body. The alarm set fixed on the lock body consists of a circuit board, a buzzer and a battery base. The circuit board possesses a microphone sensor, a vibrating sensor and a warning light. The warning light and the battery base are connected with the circuit board. In using, wrap a fitting member of the lock body around a part of the steering wheel of an automobile and power the alarm set in a detecting state. If a door of an automobile is opened by a thief, air current outside the automobile will flow into the interior of the automobile, inducing the microphone sensor to make the buzzer sound out for warning. If the body of an automobile is struck by a thief, the vibrating sensor will be induced to make the buzzer sound out.

Abstract: A padlock is locked by inserting a key into the keyhole and turned to rotate the rotary member of a lock core together with a stop block to let the engage groove of the stop block be disengaged from the annular groove of a movable bolt and make a spring extend outward, and thus the movable bolt can be drawn out of the movable-bolt insert hole of an upper base. Then, the steel cable of the padlock is wound around an article to be locked, and the movable bolt is inserted in the movable-bolt insert hole of an upper base and the insert hole of a lower base. Meanwhile, the stop block is moved to its original position by the spring and its engage groove is engaged with the annular groove of the movable bolt, letting the movable bolt be locked stably.

Abstract: A remote-controlled burglary preventing door lock includes a motor to be started by a remote controller to rotate reversely and drive a cam disk to rotate counterclockwise and actuate the upper end of a blocking pin to move downward and disengage from the stop rod at the inner end of a deadbolt, letting the deadbolt no longer blocked by the blocking pin. Thus, the door lock can be unlocked. To lock the door lock, the motor is started by a remote controller to rotate clockwise and drive the cam disk to rotate clockwise and actuate the upper end of the blocking pin to move upward and block the rear side of the stop rod at the inner end of the deadbolt, letting the deadbolt blocked by the blocking pin and impossible to retract toward the interior of a lock shell, having an excellent effect of burglary prevention.

Abstract: A remote-controlled lock includes a bottom base, a transmission motor, a connecting rod, a slide member, a deadbolt, a coil spring and a casing. By pressing the unlocking press button of a remote controller, the transmission motor is started to rotate clockwise and actuate he connecting rod and the slide member to rotate to let the slide member no longer stopped by the engage block on the bottom base. Thus, the slide member and the deadbolt can be moved inward to unlock the remote-controlled lock. On the contrary, press the locking press button of a remote controller to start the transmission motor to rotate counterclockwise and actuate the connecting rod and the slide member to rotate reversely to let the engage block engaged en the engage groove to stop the slide member from moving inward, thus locking the remote-controlled lock.

Abstract: An electrode alignment device and weld head for automated welding machines includes a base member, a gap wheel, an electrode holder and a coupling rod. The gap wheel includes a plurality of graduations, where each graduation corresponds to a predetermined electrode spacing for an automated welding process. In one embodiment, the graduations in the gap wheel comprise pairs of apertures, with a first aperture for engaging an alignment post on the base member, and a second aperture for engaging an alignment post on the electrode holder. Among the graduations, the spacing between the first and second apertures is different. As such, the electrode spacing may easily and accurately be changed by disengaging the coupling rod, rotating the gap wheel to the proper graduation, and reengaging the coupling rod.

Abstract: A lock core with an alarm includes a shell, an inner rotary member, a plurality of locking pin units, an alarm-actuating unit and an alarm-stopping unit. In using, a correct key is inserted in the inner rotary member so the surface of the key can trigger the alarm-actuating unit to let the alarm in a lock sound out. Rotation of the key for a certain angle can rotate the inner rotary member to unlock the lock and also stop the alarm. In case a wrong key is used by a thief to insert in the key hole but impossible to rotate the inner rotary member to unlock the lock, then the alarm will sound out after the preset time (3-5 seconds) in subsequence of insertion of the wrong key, frightening a would-be thief.

Abstract: A remote-controlled lock includes a bottom base, a transmission motor, a connecting rod, a sleeve, a deadbolt, a spring and a casing. The transmission motor is started to rotate clockwise together with the stop member on its shaft by pressing the unlocking button of a remote controller, letting the stop member disengaged from the stopper of the sleeve. Thus, the sleeve and the deadbolt can be moved inward to unlock the remote-controlled lock. On the contrary, pressing the locking button of the remote controller starts the transmission motor to rotate counterclockwise together with the stop member to let the stop member block the stopper of the sleeve. Thus, the sleeve is restricted in position, unable to be moved inward, and the engage member of the deadbolt is engaged in the engage groove of the engage base of a doorjamb to lock the remote-controlled lock.

Abstract: A highly integrated MPEG-4 video decoding unit includes switching circuit, a set of decoding modules, and a memory. The set of decoding modules includes a plurality of decoding modules, each capable of decoding a predetermined signal in each of a plurality of VOP types. The decoding module may include a VOP type indicating flag that is set by the switching circuit so that the correct lookup table can be used during decoding of the predetermined signal. Alternatively, the necessary lookup table(s) may be electronically transferred to the corresponding decoding module. According to the type of VOP being decoded, the switching circuit may send a predetermined sequence of selection signals to a multiplexer so that the decoded results from appropriate decoding modules are stored into the corresponding storage elements in the memory.

Abstract: A method for using memory to store motion vectors of decoded macroblocks as candidate predictors used in future motion vector decoding process. For a decoded first macroblock, the method allocates a first memory space and a second memory space in a first memory, and allocates a third memory space and a fourth memory space in a second memory for storing the motion vector(s) of the first macroblock. When allocating memory spaces in the first memory, the method considers a row of macroblocks in the video frame as a whole, and allocates a plurality of memory units that are sufficient for storing motion vectors of a row of macroblocks. During the process of decoding each row of macroblocks, the memory units of the first memory can be re-used to store motion vectors of decoded macroblocks.

Abstract: A padlock is locked by inserting a key into the keyhole and turned to rotate the rotary member of a lock core together with a stop block to let the engage groove of the stop block disengaged from the annular groove of a movable bolt and make a spring extend outward, and thus the movable bolt can be drawn out of the movable-bolt insert hole of an upper fundamental base. Then, the steel cable of the padlock is wound around an article to be locked, and the movable bolt is inserted in the movable-bolt insert hole of the upper fundamental base and the insert hole of a lower fundamental base. Meanwhile, the stop block is moved to its original position by the spring and its engage groove is engaged with the annular groove of the movable bolt, letting the movable bolt locked stably.

Abstract: A storage device stores rows of bits including a D0 bit, an X0 bit, an X1 bit, a Y0 bit, a Y1 bit and a spatially predicted coded block pattern having an A0 bit, an A1 bit, an A2 bit, and an A3 bit. A first circuitis connected to the storage device for setting the A0 bit. A second circuitis connected to the storage device for setting the A2 bit and operates in parallel to the first circuit. In a second clock cycle, the bits in the storage device are shifted and the first circuit and the second circuit are reused to calculate the A1 bit and the A2 bit in parallel. Alternatively, a third circuit and a fourth circuit can be connected to the storage device to calculate the A1 bit and the A2 bit in parallel during the first clock cycle.

Abstract: A predictive decoding method includes (a) storing a plurality of first vertical predictors of a first block into a storing column of a first memory device, and storing a plurality of first horizontal predictors of a second block into a storing row of the first memory device; (b) performing a prediction operation for generating a plurality of target vertical predictors and a plurality of target vertical predictors of a target block according to the first vertical predictors and the first horizontal predictors, wherein the target block is adjacent to the first and second blocks, and the first and target blocks are located at the same row; and (c) updating the storing column of the first memory device by the target vertical predictors, and updating the storing row of the first memory device by the target horizontal predictors.

Abstract: A remote-controlled door lock includes a housing provided inside with a lock base, a deadbolt, a battery base, a circuit board and an actuating device. The deadbolt is fixed with a stopper on the center portion. The locking button of a remote controller is pressed to send out a locking signal to the circuit board to start the motor of the actuating device to rotate. Synchronously, the rotating shaft of the motor actuates a rotary member to rotate together with its notch, which rotates to reach the stopper of the deadbolt and holds the stopper immovable therein, rendering the deadbolt unable to be moved inward. Thus even if the lock rods of the lock base are pried unlocked, the door lock is still impossible to be unlocked before the actuating device is driven by a remote controller to release the deadbolt, having best effect of anti-theft.

Abstract: A bike and motorcycle padlock includes a lock core rod, at least one connecting rod and a lock rod pivotally connected together. The lock core rod has one end provided with a locking hole, while the locking rod has its free end provided with a locking member to be inserted in the locking hole of the lock core rod. The lock core rod, the connecting rod and the locking rod are pivotally connected together to make up the bike and motorcycle padlock by means of connecting members, able to be expanded for use quickly and collapsed for storing conveniently.