Abstract: A hybrid video encoding method and system using a software engine and a hardware engine. The software engine receives coding unit data associated with a current picture, and performs a first part of the video encoding operation by executing instructions. The first part of the video encoding operation generates an inter predictor and control information corresponding to the coding unit data of the current picture. The first part of the video encoding operation stores the inter predictor into an off-chip memory. The hardware engine performs a second part of the video encoding operation according to the control information. The second part of the video encoding operation receives the inter predictor, and subtracts the inter predictor from the coding unit data to generate a residual signal.
Abstract: A lifting structure operating precisely and stably at all stages of a lifting and lowering action includes a lifting assembly and a driving assembly. The lifting assembly includes two first links, two second links, and two seats. A first connecting arm of each first link has first and second ends, the first end having a first gear structure. A second connecting arm of each second link has third and fourth ends, a second and complementary gear structure being provided on the third end. The first gear structures are engaged and the second gear structures are engaged. The second end is rotatably connected to the fourth end through one of the two seats. The driving assembly can drive the two seats towards each other to perform lifting or drive them away from each other to perform lowering.
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for merging compressed access units according to compression rates and/or positions of the respective compressed access units. The method can include receiving a sequence of compressed access units corresponding to a sequence of raw access units partitioned from an image or a video frame and corresponding to a sequence of memory spaces in a frame buffer, determining a merged access unit including at least two consecutive compressed access units based on compression rates and/or positions of the sequence of compressed access units. The merged access unit is to be stored in the frame buffer with a reduced gap between the at least two consecutive compressed access units compared with storing the at least two consecutive compressed access units in corresponding memory spaces in the sequence of memory spaces.
Abstract: A system and a method for determining characteristic cells based on image recognition. In the method, a scanning device capturing a full image of the microslide; a host selecting images that comprise stained blocks from the full image; the host sequentially performing image recognition to recognize stained cells of the images, and determining whether the stained cells comprise the characteristic cells with an AI model; and selecting interested images from the images that comprise the characteristic cells, transforming the coordinate system of the interested images into the original coordinate system of the full image, and employing the scanning device to capture the interested images along the Z axis of the original coordinate system of the full image, thereby obtaining and outputting sets of pictures. The present invention can quickly determine whether there are characteristic cells in the tissue under test, so as to provide a diagnostic reference for doctors.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 27, 2022
Publication date:
February 22, 2024
Applicants:
V5 TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Abstract: A drug screening platform simulating hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy including a dielectrophoresis system, a microfluidic chip and a heating system is disclosed. The dielectrophoresis system is used to provide a dielectrophoresis force. The microfluidic chip includes a cell culture array and observation module and a drug mixing module. The cell culture array and observation module are used to arrange the cells into a three-dimensional structure through the dielectrophoresis force to construct a three-dimensional tumor microenvironment. The drug mixing module is coupled to the cell culture array and observation module and used to automatically split and mix the inputted drugs and output the drug combinations into the cell culture array and observation module.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 5, 2021
Publication date:
December 22, 2022
Applicant:
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Te-Yu CHAO, Yu-Ching TUNG, Mao-Chih HSIEH, Yu-Ting TAI, Bing-Ying HO, Wei-Chia CHANG, Sung-Yang WEI, Chang-Hung HSIEH, Chung-Cheng CHOU, Jen-Tsan CHI, Long HSU, Hwan-You CHANG, Huang-Ming Philip CHEN, Cheng-Hsien LIU
Abstract: A drug screening platform simulating hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy including a dielectrophoresis system, a microfluidic chip and a heating system is disclosed. The dielectrophoresis system is used to provide a dielectrophoresis force. The microfluidic chip includes a cell culture array and observation module and a drug mixing module. The cell culture array and observation module are used to arrange the cells into a three-dimensional structure through the dielectrophoresis force to construct a three-dimensional tumor microenvironment. The drug mixing module is coupled to the cell culture array and observation module and used to automatically split and mix the inputted drugs and output the drug combinations into the cell culture array and observation module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 1, 2023
Assignee:
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Te-Yu Chao, Yu-Ching Tung, Mao-Chih Hsieh, Yu-Ting Tai, Bing-Ying Ho, Wei-Chia Chang, Sung-Yang Wei, Chang-Hung Hsieh, Chung-Cheng Chou, Jen-Tsan Chi, Long Hsu, Hwan-You Chang, Huang-Ming Philip Chen, Cheng-Hsien Liu