Author: claimsbot

1. An image processing controller comprising:
a memory configured to store a plurality of dithering maps; and
a dithering unit configured to receive an image signal and a control signal and to output a data signal,
wherein
the dithering unit selects a frame set of H frame sets based on the control signal, wherein H is a positive integer, and each of the H frame sets corresponds to the plurality of dithering maps in a predetermined order, and
the dithering unit dithers the image signal sequentially with reference to the plurality of dithering maps in the selected frame set, and outputs the dithered image signal as the data signal.
2. The image processing controller of claim 1, wherein the plurality of dithering maps in the H frame sets has a complete permutation relationship.
3. The image processing controller of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of dithering maps corresponds to 8\xd78 pixels.
4. The image processing controller of claim 1, wherein
a sum of polarities of dithering values in each of the plurality of dithering maps is zero (0), and
a sum of polarities of the plurality of dithering maps included in each of the H frame sets is zero (0).
5. The image processing controller of claim 1, wherein the control signal comprises a vertical sync signal and a data enable signal.
6. The image processing controller of claim 5, wherein the dithering unit comprises:
a counter circuit configured to output a second map count signal, based on which a dithering map of the plurality of dithering maps is selected from the memory in synchronization with the vertical sync signal and the data enable signal.
7. The image processing controller of claim 6, wherein the counter circuit comprises:
a horizontal counter configured to output a horizontal count signal in synchronization with the data enable signal;
a vertical counter configured to output a vertical count signal in synchronization with the data enable signal;
a first map counter configured to output a first map count signal, a value of which is increased by a first reference value in synchronization with the vertical sync signal; and
a second map counter configured to output the second map count signal, a value of which is increased by a second reference value in synchronization with the vertical sync signal,
wherein the value of the second map count signal is increased by a third reference value when the first map count signal reaches a fourth reference value.
8. The image processing controller of claim 7, wherein
the dithering unit selects a dithering map corresponding to the second map count signal from the plurality of dithering maps, and outputs the data signal by dithering the image signal using a dithering value corresponding to the horizontal and vertical count signals in the selected dithering map.
9. The image processing controller of claim 8, wherein the second map counter comprises:
a comparator configured to compare the value of the first map count signal and the fourth reference value, and to output a comparison signal based on a comparison result thereof;
a selector configured to receive the second reference value and the third reference value, and to output, as an addition value, one of the second reference value and the third reference value in response to the comparison signal; and
an adder configured to add the addition value and a value of a previous second map count signal in synchronization with the vertical sync signal, and to output the second map count signal based on an addition result thereof,
wherein the second map count signal is provided to the adder as the previous count signal of the adder.
10. The image processing controller of claim 9, wherein a bit width of the adder is set based on the number of the plurality of dithering maps.
11. The image processing controller of claim 8, wherein
the first map counter comprises an adder configured to add the first reference value and a value of a previous first map count signal in synchronization with the vertical sync signal and to output the first map count signal based on an addition result thereof, and
a bit width of the adder is set based on the number of the plurality of dithering maps.
12. The image processing controller of claim 11, wherein
the plurality of dithering maps comprise J dithering maps in a predetermined order, wherein J is a positive integer, and
the dithering unit outputs the data signal by dithering the image signal with reference the plurality of dithering maps sequentially from an h-th dithering map in the J dithering maps when an h-th frame set is selected from the H frame sets, wherein h is an integer satisfying the following inequation: 0\u2266h\u2266H\u22121.
13. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel comprising:
a plurality of data lines;
a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines; and
a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines;

a data driver configured to drive the plurality of data lines;
a gate driver configured to drive the plurality of gate lines; and
a timing controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver to display an image on the display panel,
wherein the timing controller comprises,
a memory configured to store a plurality of dithering maps; and
a dithering unit configured to receive an image signal and a control signal and to output a data signal,
wherein
the dithering unit selects a frame set of H frame sets based on the control signal, wherein H is a positive integer, and each of the H frame sets corresponds to the plurality of dithering maps in a predetermined order, and
the dithering unit dithers the image signal sequentially with reference to the plurality of dithering maps in the selected frame set, and outputs the dithered signal to the data driver as the data signal.
14. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the plurality of dithering maps in the H frame sets has a complete permutation relationship.
15. The display apparatus of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of dithering maps comprises dithering values corresponding to 8\xd78 pixels.
16. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein
the control signal comprises a vertical sync signal and a data enable signal, and
the dithering unit comprises a counter circuit configured to output a second map count signal, based on which a dithering map of the plurality of dithering maps is selected from the memory in synchronization with the vertical sync signal and the data enable signal.
17. The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the counter circuit comprises,
a horizontal counter configured to output a horizontal count signal in synchronization with the data enable signal;
a vertical counter configured to output a vertical count signal in synchronization with the data enable signal;
a first map counter configured to output a first map count signal, a value of which is increased by a first reference value in synchronization with the vertical sync signal; and
a second map counter configured to output the second map count signal, a value of which is increased by a second reference value in synchronization with the vertical sync signal, wherein the value of the second map count signal is increased by a third reference value when the first map count signal reaches a fourth reference value.
18. The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second map counter comprises,
a comparator configured to compare the value of the first map count signal and the fourth reference value, and to output a comparison signal based on a comparison result thereof;
a selector configured to receive the second reference value and the third reference value, and to output, as an addition value, one of the value of the second reference value and the third reference value in response to the comparison signal; and
an adder configured to add the addition value and a value of a previous second map count signal in synchronization with the vertical sync signal and to output the second map count signal based on an addition result thereof,
wherein the second map count signal is provided to the adder as the previous count signal of the adder, and
a bit width of the adder is set based on the number of the plurality of dithering maps.
19. A driving method of a display apparatus, comprising:
receiving an image signal;
outputting a data signal by dithering the image signal with reference to a dithering map of a plurality of dithering maps for each frame; and
providing the data signal to a display panel of the display apparatus,
wherein
the outputting the data signal comprises:
selecting a frame set of H frame sets, wherein H is a positive integer, and each of the H frame sets corresponds to the plurality of dither maps in a predetermined order; and
outputting the data signal by dithering the image sequentially with reference to the plurality of dithering maps in the selected frame set.
20. The driving method according to claim 19, wherein the plurality of dithering maps in the H frame sets has a complete permutation relationship.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating cervical dysplasia in a subject having cervical dysplasia comprising administering to the subject an amount of a dietary indole selected from the group consisting of DIM and LTr-1 effective to reduce one or more symptoms associated with cervical dysplasia.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the dietary indole is DIM.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the DIM is suspended as microparticles in a starch carrier matrix.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the dietary indole is formulated as a cream or suppository.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the dietary indole is administered by direct application to the vaginal or cervical mucosa of the subject.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the dietary indole is formulated as a cream, and is administered transdermally.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the dietary indole is administered orally.
8. A method of preventing cervical dysplasia in a subject in danger of developing cervical dysplasia comprising administering to the subject an amount of a dietary indole selected from the group consisting of DIM and LTr-1 effective to prevent one or more symptoms associated with cervical dysplasia.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the dietary indole is DIM.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the DIM is suspended as microparticles in a starch carrier matrix.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the dietary indole is formulated as a cream or suppository.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the dietary indole is administered by direct application to the vaginal or cervical mucosa of the subject.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the dietary indole is formulated as a cream, and is administered transdermally.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein the dietary indole is administered orally.

1. A spark ignition engine system for which fuel is introduced into the engine from a first source and a liquid is separately introduced into the engine from a second source by direct injection comprising:
a spark ignition engine;
a first means for introducing the fuel from the first source into the engine;
a second means for direct injection of the liquid from the second source into the engine, wherein during part of the engine operating time, the engine receives both the fuel from the first source and the liquid that is directly injected from the second source; and
a fuel management system which varies the relative amount of the liquid from the second source that is introduced into the engine so as to prevent knock, wherein the fuel management system employs information from a knock detector and uses closed loop control to control the amount of directly injected liquid from the second source; and
wherein the engine is operated with a substantially stoichiometric fuelair ratio.
2. The engine system of claim 1, wherein the engine is turbocharged or supercharged.
3. The engine system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid from the second source is alcohol.
4. The engine system of claim 3, wherein the alcohol is methanol.
5. The engine system of claim 3, wherein the alcohol is ethanol.
6. The engine system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid from the second source is an alcohol-water mixture.
7. The engine system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid from the second source includes water.
8. The engine system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fuel from the first source is gasoline and the liquid from the second source includes water.
9. The engine system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the liquid from the second source is injected so as to result in a non-uniform distribution in the engine cylinder.
10. The engine system of claim 9, wherein the liquid from the second source is injected so as to be more concentrated near the periphery of the engine cylinder, and
wherein the liquid from the second source includes alcohol, and
wherein the alcohol energy fraction is sufficiently high to prevent knock but the alcohol energy fraction is reduced as compared to the situation using a uniform distribution.
11. The engine system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fuel management system employs a microprocessor for control of the relative amount of liquid from the second source that is directly injected into the engine using information from a knock sensor, and
wherein the relative amount of the liquid from the second source increases with increasing torque, and
wherein the fuel management system minimizes the amount of directly injected liquid from the second source that is used over a drive cycle.
12. The engine system of claim 11 further including open loop control with a look up table.
13. The engine system of claims 1 or 2, wherein spark retard is used and is varied according to the consumption of the liquid from the second tank.
14. A spark ignition engine system into which fuel is introduced into the engine from a first source using a first fuel injector and a liquid from a second source is introduced into the engine using a second fuel injector comprising:
a spark ignition engine;
a first fuel injector for introducing fuel into the engine from the first source;
a second fuel injector for introducing the liquid from the second source into the engine wherein during part of the engine operating time, the engine receives both the fuel from the first source and the liquid from the second source; and
a fuel management system which varies the relative amount of the liquid from the second source that is introduced into the engine so as to prevent knock, wherein the fuel management system uses closed loop control to control the amount of liquid from the second source and employs information from a knock detector, and
wherein the engine is operated with a substantially stoichiometric fuelair ratio.
15. The engine system of claim 14, wherein the fuel from the first source is port fuel injected.
16. The engine system of claim 14 or 15, wherein the liquid from the second source is alcohol.
17. The engine system of claim 16, wherein the alcohol is methanol.
18. The engine system of claim 16, wherein the alcohol is ethanol.
19. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein the liquid from the second source is an alcohol-water mixture.
20. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein the liquid from the second source includes water.
21. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein the fuel from the first source is gasoline and the liquid from the second source includes water.
22. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein the fuel management system employs a microprocessor for control of the relative amount of liquid from the second source that is directly injected into the engine using information from a knock sensor, and wherein
the relative amount of liquid from the second source increases with increasing torque, and
wherein the fuel management system minimizes the amount of directly injected liquid from the second source that is used over a drive cycle.
23. The engine system of claim 22 further including open loop control with a look up table.
24. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein spark retard is used and is varied according to the consumption of the liquid from the second tank.
25. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein the engine is turbocharged.
26. The engine system of claims 14 or 15, wherein the engine is supercharged.
27. A turbocharged or supercharged spark ignition engine system which uses both port fuel injection of gasoline from a first source and direct fuel injection of alcohol from a second source comprising:
a spark ignition engine;
a turbocharger or supercharger;
means for port fuel injection of gasoline from the first source;
means for direct fuel injection of alcohol from the second source, wherein during part of the engine operating time, the engine is fueled both by gasoline that is port fuel injected and alcohol that is directly injected; and
a fuel management system which increases the relative amount of alcohol in the engine with increasing torque so as to prevent knock, wherein the fuel management system employs information from a knock detector and uses closed loop control to control the amount of directly injected alcohol, and
wherein the engine is operated with a substantially stoichiometric fuelair ratio.
28. The engine system of claim 27, wherein the alcohol is methanol.
29. The engine system of claim 27, wherein the alcohol is ethanol.
30. The engine system of claim 27, wherein the alcohol is mixed with water.
31. The engine system of claim 27, wherein the fuel management system employs a microprocessor for control of the relative amount of alcohol from the second source that is directly injected into the engine using information from a knock sensor.
32. The engine system of claim 31, wherein the fuel management system minimizes the amount of directly injected alcohol from the second source that is used over a drive cycle.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An information processing apparatus communicatable with at least one device or apparatus having a first interface and a second interface, comprising:
a first communication setting-executing device that executes first communication setting for enabling the device or apparatus to be controlled via the first interface;
a second communication setting-executing device that communicates with the device or apparatus via the first interface after execution of the first communication setting, to execute second communication setting for enabling the information processing apparatus to communicate with the device or apparatus via the second interface; and
a deletion device that deletes information set by the first communication setting, after execution of the second communication setting.
2. An information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display device that displays a display screen for prompting a user to confirm whether the second communication setting is to be executed after execution of the first communication setting by said first communication setting-executing device.
3. An information processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said deletion device deletes an icon corresponding to the first communication setting after execution of the second communication setting.
4. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus communicatable with at least one device or apparatus having a first interface and a second interface, comprising:
an installation step of installing a device driver as software for enabling the device or apparatus to be controlled via the first interface, in the information processing apparatus;
a setting processing step of communicating with the device or apparatus via the first interface after installation of the device driver, to execute setting processing for enabling the device or apparatus and the information processing apparatus to communicate with each other; and
a deletion step of deleting information associated with the device driver after execution of the setting processing in said setting processing step.