Abstract: An apparatus and a method for rendering three-dimensional stereoscopic images are provided. The apparatus is for use in a three-dimensional image processing system which generates viewpoint images according to an input image and an input depth. The apparatus comprises an object device, a depth device, and a block filling device. The object device executes a process of object detection to output contour information according to the input image. The depth device executes a process of object judgment to output distance information according to the input depth. The block filling device detects a hole region in each viewpoint image, searches a search region adjacent to the hole region for a number of original pixels, and fills the hole region according to the original pixels, the contour information, and the distance information.

Abstract: An image data processing method is provided. In this method, a plurality of original pixel values of an image is input. An interpolation position of a target pixel in the image is determined. Whether the interpolation position is in a central region of an object or in a marginal region of an object is determined. A pixel value interpolation with respect to the interpolation position is performed. When the interpolation position is in the central region of an object, the pixel value interpolation is performed in a first calculation mode, and when the interpolation position is in the marginal region of an object, the pixel value interpolation is performed in a second calculation mode, wherein the first calculation mode may be a low pass filtering interpolation mode, and the second calculation mode may be a linear interpolation mode.

Abstract: A method for adaptive piconet protocol begins by determining, by a master device, a number of slave devices that are currently affiliated with the master device in a piconet. The method continues by determining, by the master device, data requirements and/or voice requirements of each of the slave devices currently affiliated with the master device in the piconet. The method continues by establishing, by the master device, an information exchange format based on the number of slave devices and the data requirements and/or voice requirements of each of the slave devices. The information exchange format includes a single master data/voice request packet within a first time slot and multiple frequency locked partial packets for slave data responses and/or multiple frequency locked packets for slave voice responses within other time slots.

Abstract: A method for increasing an amount of effective constituents from a plant in a solvent is provided. The method comprises steps of treating the solvent with a far-infrared radiating (FIR) material and extracting the effective constituents from the plant by the treated solvent for increasing the amount of the effective constituents dissolved in the solvent.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a field-effect transistor (FET) type biosensor and a bio-signal amplification method. The biosensor comprises a field-effect transistor chip, a biomolecular immobilization layer and at least one primer. The biomolecular immobilization layer is formed on a gate surface of the FET chip or a surface of an external device connected to a gate. The primer used for performing a nucleic acid amplification is immobilized onto the gate surface or the external device surface by binding with the biomolecular immobilization layer, such that an analyte can have a nucleic acid amplification reaction with the primer at room temperature or a constant temperature environment. With an extension of a nucleic acid sequence, the inducing electricity of the FET gate surface can be increased so as to amplify an inspection signal, thereby enhancing the sensitivity of the FET type biosensor effectively.

Abstract: A composition and a method for increasing intracellular nitric oxide is provided. The composition comprises a far-infrared ray releasing substance composed mainly of an oxide mineral for releasing a far-infrared ray, wherein the composition promotes generation of the nitric oxide via irradiation of the far-infrared ray from the far-infrared ray releasing substance. In another aspect, the method comprises setting an effective amount of a far-infrared ray releasing substance in a place close to a cell with an appropriate distance, and incubating the far-infrared ray releasing substance with the cell for a specific period, wherein the appropriate distance lies in an irradiation range of the far-infrared ray releasing substance.

Abstract: A continuous testing device for testing the concentration of a target object in a fluid is provided. The continuous testing device includes a first chip, a signal source and a second chip. The first chip includes a separating unit and a reacting unit. The separating unit separates the target object from a non-target object in the fluid. The reacting unit enables the fluid having separated out the non-target object to react with a reagent. The signal source provides a signal passing through the fluid having reacted with the reagent. The second chip disposed at one side of the first chip includes a signal transducing element and a processing unit. The signal transducing element receives the signal passing through the fluid and outputs an electronic signal corresponding to the input signal. The processing unit acquires the concentration of the target object according to the electronic signal.

Abstract: A method for adaptive piconet protocol begins by determining, by a master device, a number of slave devices that are currently affiliated with the master device in a piconet. The method continues by determining, by the master device, data requirements and/or voice requirements of each of the slave devices currently affiliated with the master device in the piconet. The method continues by establishing, by the master device, an information exchange format based on the number of slave devices and the data requirements and/or voice requirements of each of the slave devices. The information exchange format includes a single master data/voice request packet within a first time slot and multiple frequency locked partial packets for slave data responses and/or multiple frequency locked packets for slave voice responses within other time slots.

Abstract: A system of a wireless physiological signal integration is provided. The system includes a wireless transmission sensor chip and a drug delivering system, wherein the wireless transmission sensor chip includes a sensor sensing a physiological signal of a patient, a signal conversion module converting the physiological signal into a converted signal, and a wireless transmission module wirelessly transmitting the converted signal, and the drug delivering system determines a dose of a drug and a timing for providing the drug according to the converted signal.

Abstract: A method for adaptive piconet protocol begins by determining, by a master device, a number of slave devices that are currently affiliated with the master device in a piconet. The method continues by determining, by the master device, data requirements and voice requirements of each of the slave devices currently affiliated with the master device in the piconet. The method continues by establishing, by the master device, an information exchange format based on the number of slave devices, the data requirements of each of the slave devices, and the voice requirements of each of the slave devices. The information exchange format includes at least one multiple frequency locked partial packets for slave data responses to a single master data request packet, multiple frequency locked packets for slave voice responses to a single master voice request packet, and non-restrictive slot positioning of the single master data request and of the signal master voice request.

Abstract: An image data processing method is provided. In this method, a plurality of original pixel values of an image is input. An interpolation position of a target pixel in the image is determined. Whether the interpolation position is in a central region of an object or in a marginal region of an object is determined. A pixel value interpolation with respect to the interpolation position is performed. When the interpolation position is in the central region of an object, the pixel value interpolation is performed in a first calculation mode, and when the interpolation position is in the marginal region of an object, the pixel value interpolation is performed in a second calculation mode, wherein the first calculation mode may be a low pass filtering interpolation mode, and the second calculation mode may be a linear interpolation mode.

Abstract: A method for increasing an amount of effective constituents from a plant in a solvent is provided. The method comprises steps of treating the solvent with a far-infrared radiating (FIR) material and extracting the effective constituents from the plant by the treated solvent for increasing the amount of the effective constituents dissolved in the solvent.

Abstract: A skin whitening composition and a method for the same are provided. The skin whitening composition comprises a far-infrared ray releasing substance having a primary component of an oxide mineral, wherein the skin whitening composition achieves a whitening effect via an irradiation of the far-infrared ray releasing substance. In another aspect, the method comprises the steps of administering a far-infrared ray releasing substance to a subject and reducing melanogenesis of the subject by inhibiting growth of a pigment cell, wherein the far-infrared releasing substance has an oxide mineral.

Abstract: A data processing method of a wireless communication system includes generating an identity code corresponding to a receiver, storing the identity code in a receiver, exclusive-oring output data with the identity code corresponding to the receiver, outputting the exclusive-ored data, receiving data at a receiver, and exclusive-oring the received data with an identity code stored in the receiver. The data processing method performs automatic identity code learning and identity code verification with exclusive-or operations in the wireless communication system.

Abstract: A biochemical detecting device for separating a reagent, a plurality of magnetic beads and a target from a mixture, and detecting the target is provided. The biochemical detecting device includes a first substrate, at least two first electrode sets located on the first substrate, a second electrode set located on the first substrate and between the two first electrode sets, and a second substrate covering the first substrate, each of the first electrode sets and the second electrode set. Accordingly, the movement of the mixture is digitally controlled by the provided biological detecting device.

Abstract: In a method to verify a mask for a mask ROM, a serial of random codes that are exclusive to each other are implanted into a plurality of wafers manufactured by a same process with the mask or a plurality of die regions in a single wafer manufactured by a same process with the mask, and then the test results derived from the implanted wafers or die regions are compared to determine if the mask is defective.

Abstract: A bond pad of a semiconductor device and a process for fabricating the same are provided. On a semiconductor base is formed a plurality of disconnected insulation blocks that are defined by a plurality of channels. The disconnected insulation blocks are arranged in a grid or helix form. A barrier layer is formed over the disconnected insulation blocks and the semiconductor base. A conductive layer is formed over the disconnected insulation blocks to fill the channels, such that a topography of the conductive layer is similar to that of the underlying structure.

Abstract: A method for certifying a newly-made photomask is disclosed. A wafer is provided first. Then, a pattern of a newly-made photomask is transferred onto the wafer in order to form a first pattern thereon, followed by transferring a pattern of an original photomask onto the wafer to form a second pattern. Subsequently, a comparison between the first pattern and the second pattern is made by using an optical inspector for examining the correctness of the newly-made photomask.

Abstract: A method for monitoring dynamic particle pollution in an etching chamber is provided. The method is described as follows. A bare wafer is positioned in an etching machine. Subsequently the bare wafer is transferred to a main etching chamber. Then, the plasma power source is turned on to perform an etching process on the photoresist. After that, the number of particles fallen on the bare wafer is counted to determine the polluted situation for the etching machine.

Abstract: A lever handle includes a main body and a lid that is engaged with the main body. The main body includes a handle portion and a tubular portion extending from an end of the tubular portion. The handle portion includes an annular wall projecting outward from a side thereof to thereby form a half casing for engaging with the lid. The tubular portion receives a pivot seat or is pivotally engaged with a spindle of a lock.