Abstract: According to one embodiment, a random number generating circuit includes first to N-th oscillating circuits (N is a natural number equal to 2 or greater), first to N-th latch circuits that latch outputs of the first to N-th oscillating circuits by a first clock having a first frequency, first to N-th exclusive OR circuits, (N+1)-th to (2×N)-th latch circuits that latch outputs of the first to N-th exclusive OR circuits by the first clock, an (N+1)-th exclusive OR circuit that outputs an exclusive OR of outputs of the (N+1)-th to (2×N)-th latch circuits, and an M-bit shift register that converts serial data output from the (N+1)-th exclusive OR circuit into M-bit parallel data (M is a natural number equal to 2 or greater) by a second clock having a second frequency.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a random number generating circuit includes first to N-th oscillating circuits (N is a natural number equal to 2 or greater), first to N-th latch circuits that latch outputs of the first to N-th oscillating circuits by a first clock having a first frequency, first to N-th exclusive OR circuits, (N+1)-th to (2×N)-th latch circuits that latch outputs of the first to N-th exclusive OR circuits by the first clock, an (N+1)-th exclusive OR circuit that outputs an exclusive OR of outputs of the (N+1)-th to (2×N)-th latch circuits, and an M-bit shift register that converts serial data output from the (N+1)-th exclusive OR circuit into M-bit parallel data (M is a natural number equal to 2 or greater) by a second clock having a second frequency.

Abstract: An image processing system conducts a video effect processing. In the mosaic-image-processing, a dc component of inversely quantized discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients is multiplied by a constant h other than zero and an ac component of the inversely quantized DCT coefficients is replaced with zero. In the case of monochromatic-image-processing, a dc component D.sub.y of a luminance block Y of the inversely quantized DCT coefficients is multiplied by a constant i other than zero and an ac component A.sub.y of the luminance block Y is multiplied by a constant I other than zero, dc components D.sub.Cb and D.sub.Cr of chrominance blocks Cb and Cr of the inversely quantized DCT coefficients are replaced with constants j and k, respectively, and ac components A.sub.Cb and A.sub.Cr of the chrominance blocks Cb and Cr are replaced with constants J and K, respectively. In the thermographic-image processing, a dc component D.sub.y of the luminance block Y is processed into dc components D.sub.Cb '=mD.sub.