Abstract:
Digital watermarks are embedded in image data (102)in order to enable authentication of the image data and/or replacement of rejected portions of the image data. Authentication codes are derived by comparing selected discrete cosine transform (DCT) (104) coefficients within DCT data (106) derived from the original, spatial-domain image data. The authentication codes thus generated are embedded in DCT coefficients (612) other than the ones which were used to derive the authentication codes. The resulting, watermarked data can be sent or made available to one or more recipients who can compress or otherwise use the watermarked data. Image data derived from the watermarked data—e.g, compressed versions of the watermarked data—can be authenticated by: extracting the embedded authentication codes, comparing DCT coefficients derived from the coefficients from which the original authentication codes were generated; and determining whether the compared DCT coefficients are consistent with the extracted authentication codes.
Abstract:
In the present invention a method is shown that uses three concurrent word line voltages in memory cell operations of an a NOR type EEPROM flash memory array. A first concurrent word line voltage controls the operation on a selected word line within a selected memory block. The second concurrent word line voltage inhibits cells on non selected word lines in the selected memory block, and the third concurrent word line voltage inhibits non-selected cells in non-selected blocks from disturb conditions. In addition the three consecutive word line voltages allow a block to be erased, pages within the block to be verified as erased, and pages within the block to be inhibited from further erasure. The three consecutive voltages also allow for the detection of over erasure of cells, correction on a page basis, and verification that the threshold voltage of the corrected cells are above an over erase value but below an erased value. The methods described herein produce a cell threshold voltage that has a narrow voltage distribution.
Abstract:
In the present invention is disclosed a flash memory for simultaneous read and write operations. The memory is partitioned into a plurality of sectors each of which have a sector decoder. The sector decoder connects a plurality of main bit lines to a plurality of sub bit lines contained within each memory sector A 21 decoder is used to demonstrate the invention although other decoders including a 2M decoder and a hierarchical type decoder can be used. The memory array can be configured from a variety of architectures, including NOR, OR, NAND, AND, Dual-String and DINOR. The memory cells can be formed from a variety of array structures including ETOX, FLOTOX, EPROM, EEPROM, Split-Gate, and PMOS.
Abstract:
In the present invention an EEPROM flash memory is operated using the I/O pins of an EPROM. A novel circuit is used that allows a plurality of voltages to be applied at different times to a single pin designated as CEB (chip enable bar) that permits reading and writing of the flash memory chip. The plurality of voltages can range from a positive voltage, to a ground voltage and to a negative voltage. When a positive voltage like Vdd is applied to the the CEB pin the chip is disabled and entered into a standby mode. When a ground voltage is applied to the CEB pin, the flash memory chip is enabled and a read operation can be performed. When a high negative voltage is applied to the CEB pin, the circuit of the present invention produces an internal high negative voltage to be used for a write operation.
Abstract:
A device (10) for user replacement of an inoperable, first boot loader program includes a boot memory (20) including the first boot loader program beginning at a first address, a PCMCIA card (15) including a second boot loader program beginning at a second memory address, and a selector switch (12). Selector switch (12) receives the user selection of one of the first boot loader program and the second boot loader program, and generates a selection signal corresponding to the user selected boot loader program. Combinational logic (21) receiving the selection signal, enables the selected boot loader program and disabling the other boot loader program.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a guide tool, the said guide tool is capable of assisting one end of a coaxial cable to be coupled to an end connector; it comprises of a body installed with a guide mechanism therein, the said guide mechanism possesses a guide tube for guiding the cable central conductors of different regulations; the said guide tube can move along the direction of the axle line by the elastic element for rapidly and precisely inserting the central conductor and the dielectric into the columnar member of the end connector and further becomes the best auxiliary tool.
Abstract:
A fire-proof refuge shelter includes a plurality of partition walls joined together by bolts and screws to form a closed box provided with a pair of sliding doors, characterized in that: each of the partition walls being made of a surface layer, an intermediate heat-resistant layer and an inner heat-resistant cement layer, the surface layer being made of fire-proof glass fiber or calcium silicate or mineral fiber, the inner heat resistant layer being a fire-proof sound absorbing board made of lightweight bone concrete or made by solidation of heat resistant concrete, and the intermediate heat resistant sand layer being made of non-combustible clay, silicon stone or substance primarily consisting of carbon, whereby oxygen tanks, flashlights and so on are arranged inside the shelter for people who waits for rescue.
Abstract:
A high voltage input circuit includes a triple-well NMOS for reducing the voltage stress across its drain junction for preventing it from breakdown. The triple-well NMOS is fabricated in a P-well formed in a deep N-well on a P-substrate. The P-well is coupled to a power supply voltage by a P-well voltage control device to reduce the voltage difference across the drain junction. A low voltage signal input circuit portion is also added to the high voltage input circuit to allow a high voltage input pin to receive other signal and reduce the total pin count of an integrated circuit. A dual-input buffer such as NAND gate instead of an inverter is used in the low voltage signal input circuit for reducing the voltage stress to the devices in the low voltage signal input circuit.
Abstract:
In the present invention a flash memory configuration is disclosed that eliminates the need for one of two pump circuits that are commonly required to support an erase function of memory cells on a flash memory chip. The flash memory cells are placed into a triple well structure with a P-well contained within a deep N-well that resides on a P-substrate. The bias voltages for erase of the flash memory cells are chosen so as to require only one voltage pump circuit to be included in the flash memory chip. The chip bias, V.sub.DD, is used for the source of the memory cells and a negative gate voltage is raised in magnitude to maintain the efficiency of the erase operation. The P-well is biased with a negative voltage that is sufficient to prevent the high negative voltage connected to the gate from causing breakdown in word line decoder circuits. The deep N-well and the P-substrate are biased such as to back bias the P/N junctions between the triple well structure.
Abstract:
A method for establishing and maintaining data communication between communication devices including at least one sender communication device and a receiving communication device of a multicast group which are interconnected by a communications network of switching nodes that involves determining when there is a change in the state of the multicast group. The receiving communication device normally maintains a resource reservation in response to data being substantially continuously received at the switching nodes unless there is a change in the state of the multicast group. Upon determination of the state change in the multicast group, the inventive method changes the resource reservation even while data is being continually received at the switching nodes.