Abstract: This disclosure relates to digital image segmentation and region of interest identification. A computer implemented image segmentation method and system are particularly disclosed, including a predictive model trained based on a deep fully convolutional neural network. The model is trained using a loss function in at least one intermediate layer in addition to a loss function at the final stage of the full convolutional neural network. The predictive segmentation model trained in such a manner requires less training parameters and facilitates quicker and more accurate identification of relevant local and global features in the input image. In one implementation, the fully convolutional neural network is further supplemented with a conditional adversarial neural networks iteratively trained with the fully convolutional neural network as a discriminator measuring the quality of the predictive model generated by the fully convolutional neural network.

Abstract: A control device, a system, and a transmission channel adjustment method in software-defined networking (SDN) where, a connection status of a control channel is acquired, it is determined, according to a preset threshold, whether a standby channel is suitable to continue serving as a standby channel. The standby channel is adjusted when the standby channel is congested to a specific extent and another uncongested channel is set as the standby channel, and the standby channel is switched to an active channel when the active channel is congested such that real-time channel adjustment is ensured, effective transmission of control information is ensured, and control reliability of a control device in SDN is improved.

Abstract: A method for determining a macroblock (MB) coding mode for a current MB in a dependent view. A window around a co-located MB in a base view is determined, wherein the co-located MB is a MB in the base view having a same location as the current MB in the dependent view. A coding mode complexity value (CMCV) is determined for each MB in the window, wherein the CMCV is based on a coding mode used to encode the MB. Rate distortion optimization (RDO) is performed for the current MB using a reduced number of coding modes if a total CMCV for all MBs in the window is less than a threshold, or using all supported coding modes if the total CMCV for all MBs in the window is greater than the threshold. A coding mode for the current MB is determined based on the RDO results.

Abstract: A tunnel type selection method and apparatus, which relate to the field of information technologies, and can reduce data packet forwarding complexity. The method includes first, combining, by a controller, a code and a label value that are corresponding to a tunnel type supported by a next-hop switch, generating an OXM_OF_TUNNEL_ID match field, and sending a forwarding policy that carries the OXM_OF_TUNNEL_ID match field to a previous-hop OPENFLOW switch, then, extracting, by the previous-hop OPENFLOW switch, the code and the label value that are corresponding to the tunnel type, and encapsulating a data packet according to the code and the label value that are corresponding to the tunnel type, finally, sending, by the previous-hop OPENFLOW switch, the encapsulated data packet to the next-hop switch. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to data packet forwarding in a hybrid networking environment of an OPENFLOW switch and a conventional switch.

Abstract: A network flow information collection method and apparatus. A switching device receives a data packet, and collects network flow information of the data packet according to all flow entries when the data packet passes from an ingress port to an egress port in the switching device. All flow entries when a same network flow data packet passes from the ingress port to the egress port in the switching device are the same, and all flow entries when different network flow data packets pass from the ingress port to the egress port in the switching device are different. That is, all the flow entries passed from the ingress port to the egress port can uniquely identify one network flow. Therefore, each piece of the network flow information forwarded by the switching device can be accurately collected, improving accuracy of collecting network flow information by the switching device.

Abstract: A method for preparing a trench isolation structure, which comprises the following steps of: providing a substrate; forming an oxide layer on the substrate; successively generating an oxidation barrier layer and an ethyl orthosilicate layer on the surface of the oxide layer; etching the oxidation barrier layer and the ethyl orthosilicate layer; corroding the substrate to form a trench by using the oxidation barrier layer and the ethyl orthosilicate layer as mask layers; removing the ethyl orthosilicate layer, and oxidizing a side wall of the trench by using the oxidation barrier layer as a barrier layer; filling the trench with a polysilicon and then etching back the polysilicon, and removing the polysilicon on the surface of the oxidation barrier layer; and removing the oxidation barrier layer and the oxide layer on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A software-defined networking (SDN) OpenFlow apparatus comprises a processor, and a memory system coupled to the processor and comprising a flow pipeline, wherein the flow pipeline comprises a series of flow tables, wherein each of the flow tables comprises at least one match field, wherein the match fields correspond to a plurality of network services, wherein the match fields are ordered based on a prioritization of the network services, which of the match fields are shared among the network services, a shared dependency of the match fields, and processing speed, and wherein the prioritization is based on which network services are most important and which network services are most frequently used.

Abstract: A method for preparing a trench isolation structure, which comprises the following steps of: providing a substrate; forming an oxide layer on the substrate; successively generating an oxidation barrier layer and an ethyl orthosilicate layer on the surface of the oxide layer; etching the oxidation barrier layer and the ethyl orthosilicate layer; corroding the substrate to form a trench by using the oxidation barrier layer and the ethyl orthosilicate layer as mask layers; removing the ethyl orthosilicate layer, and oxidizing a side wall of the trench by using the oxidation barrier layer as a barrier layer; filling the trench with a polysilicon and then etching back the polysilicon, and removing the polysilicon on the surface of the oxidation barrier layer; and removing the oxidation barrier layer and the oxide layer on the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a first active region, a second active region, a third active region, and a fourth active region in the semiconductor substrate; and forming a middle-voltage P well region (MVPW) in each of the first active region and the second region simultaneously and forming a middle-voltage N well (MVNW) region in each of the third active region and the fourth active region simultaneously.

Abstract: A motion estimation apparatus and method (carried out electronically) provides for encoding of multiview video, such as stereoscopic video, by providing motion estimation for pixels in a dependent eye view, using motion vector information from a colocated group of pixels in a base eye view and neighboring pixels to the colocated group of pixels in the base eye view. The method and apparatus encodes a group of pixels in a dependent eye view based on the estimated motion vector information. The method and apparatus may also include obtaining a frame of pixels that includes both base eye view pixels and dependent eye pixels so that, for example, frame compatible format packing can be employed. In one example, estimating the motion vector information for a block of pixels, for example, in a dependent eye view is based on a median value calculation of motion vectors for a block of pixels in a base eye view and motion vectors for neighboring blocks of pixels to the colocated group of pixels in the base eye view.

Abstract: A method implemented by an OpenFlow (OF) adaptor positioned between an OF controller and a Non-OF (NOF) Network Element (NE) (NOF NE), comprising transmitting, by a transmitter of the OF adaptor, a discovery message to the NOF NE in a NOF format, receiving, by a receiver of the OF adaptor, a reply message from the NOF NE in the NOF format, and translating, by a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, the reply message to an OF format based on a predetermined set of message relationships stored in the OF adaptor.

Abstract: A virtual data center resource mapping method and device. The method includes: S202: receiving a VDC resource request, where the VDC resource request carries a virtual machine distribution identifier, and the virtual machine distribution identifier is used to indicate a maximum quantity K of virtual machines that can be borne by a single physical server; S204: selecting, from an unmapped virtual machine set Q in the VDC resource request, M virtual machines to form a partition P; S206: selecting a target physical server that can provide a physical resource required by the partition P, and mapping the partition P to the target physical server; and S208: removing, from the set Q, the M virtual machines on which resource mapping has been performed, and repeatedly performing steps 204, 206 and 208 until no virtual machine on which resource mapping has not been performed exists in the set Q.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for performing video encoding mode decisions. A down-scaled frame is received that includes a macroblock corresponding to a first subset of macroblocks of a first area in a full-scale frame. A first average motion vector is calculated for the first subset of macroblocks, and a second average motion vector is calculated for a second subset of macroblocks of a second area surrounding the first subset of macroblocks. A comparison of a threshold to a distance measure between absolute values of the first and second average motion vectors is performed. A prediction mode for the macroblock in the down-scaled frame is determined based on the comparison to generate predicted blocks.

Abstract: An OpenFlow (OF) adaptor comprising at least one OF port configured to communicate with an OF Controller, at least one Non-OF (NOF) port configured to communicate with a NOF switch, and at least one processor coupled to the OF port and the NOF port and configured to receive a first OF message comprising network data from the OF controller via the OF port, translate the first OF message into a first NOF message, wherein the first NOF message comprises network data analogous to the first OF message network data encoded in a format supported by the NOF switch, and transmit the first NOF message toward the NOF switch via the NOF port.

Abstract: A partition subset selection module selects a subset of available partitions for a macroblock pair of the plurality of macroblock pairs, based on motion search motion vectors generated by a motion search section, and further based on a macroblock adaptive frame and field indicator. A motion refinement module generates refined motion vectors for the macroblock pair, based on the subset of available partitions for a macroblock pair.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system uses the intra prediction modes that were used to encode a base view data block as well as the intra prediction modes used to encode neighboring data blocks to the base view data block as a set of candidate intra prediction modes for use in encoding a collocated data block in the dependent view. A sum of absolute difference (SAD) calculation may also be used to determine and select the candidate intra prediction mode that has the smallest value and hence best encoding properties for the dependent view data block. The data block in the dependent view is then encoded using the selected candidate intra prediction mode.

Abstract: A partition subset selection module selects a subset of available partitions for a macroblock pair of the plurality of macroblock pairs, based on motion search motion vectors generated by a motion search section, and further based on a macroblock adaptive frame and field indicator. A motion refinement module generates refined motion vectors for the macroblock pair, based on the subset of available partitions for a macroblock pair.

Abstract: Disclosed are authentication methods, systems and servers. Aspect processes include receiving an authentication request sent by a first terminal; determining at least a first sub authentication request and a second sub authentication request with both corresponding to the authentication request; sending the first sub authentication request to a second terminal and the second sub authentication request to a third terminal; when receiving the first verification information sent by the second terminal and the second verification information sent by the third terminal, authenticating the first verification information and the second verification information; and sending the authentication result to the first terminal; wherein the second terminal or the third terminal is the same terminal as the first terminal or is a different terminal from the first terminal.

Abstract: A network flow information collection method and apparatus. A switching device receives a data packet, and collects network flow information of the data packet according to all flow entries when the data packet passes from an ingress port to an egress port in the switching device. All flow entries when a same network flow data packet passes from the ingress port to the egress port in the switching device are the same, and all flow entries when different network flow data packets pass from the ingress port to the egress port in the switching device are different. That is, all the flow entries passed from the ingress port to the egress port can uniquely identify one network flow. Therefore, each piece of the network flow information forwarded by the switching device can be accurately collected, improving accuracy of collecting network flow information by the switching device.

Abstract: A compression heat-generation detector and a method therefor include one set or multi-sets of detecting units. The detecting unit includes a vertical compression device, a vertical compensation device and a synchronization device for a core center temperature sensor. The vertical compression device and the vertical compensation device are respectively fixed in an upper frame. A pressure sensor is mounted between a middle support of the rubber sample and a supporting plate of the vertical compensation device via a first transition column. The synchronization device is mounted between the pressing plate of the vertical compression device and the supporting plate of the vertical compensation device via a second transition column and a cushion block. The transition column penetrates through a hole of the middle support without affecting accuracy of the pressure sensor in a compression stress test with respect to the rubber sample.