Abstract: This application provides an inter prediction method and apparatus, a video encoder, and a video decoder. The method includes: determining N target picture blocks from M picture blocks in which M neighboring locations of a current picture block are respectively located, where any two of the N target picture blocks are different, M and N are both positive integers, and M is greater than or equal to N; determining candidate motion information of the current picture block based on motion information of the N target picture blocks, and adding the candidate motion information of the current picture block to a motion information candidate list of the current picture block; and performing inter prediction on the current picture block based on the motion information candidate list. In this application, comparison operations during obtaining of the motion information candidate list can be reduced, to improve inter prediction efficiency.

Abstract: A high-speed automatic scanning system for interpreting images with AI assistance and method using the same are provided. The system includes a control computer and an image capture platform. Scanning parameters of the image capture platform, including a helically-clockwise or helically-counterclockwise scanning path, is set by the control computer. After the scanning path is selected, the image capture platform aligns a camera to focus on a central block and respectively captures images of the central block's sub-blocks. Until all the blocks have been scanned, the image capture platform repeats the following procedure: moving the focusing position to a next neighboring block according to the scanning path, focusing on the next neighboring block, and capturing images of the sub-blocks of the next neighboring block. The present invention can fast perform scanning, exempted from performing focusing for every image, reducing the cycles and time of focusing.

Abstract: Systems with a contouring method are provided for contouring one or more targets that correspond to specific organs and/or tumors in a three-dimensional medical image of a patient using neural networks. The contouring system includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and a plurality of modules that are computer operable. The processing unit is used to obtain the image, and then to generate one or more contouring images using a contouring method. The contouring method includes enhancing image features and improving contouring accuracy using an image preprocessing module, and extracting a plurality of multi-scale image representations and expanding these representations to one or more contouring images using a neural network-based contouring module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented system. The system includes: an internet capable device installed with a web browser to enable web browsing to access an internet; and a cloud computing server system available on the internet and configured to: cause a visualization interface to be displayed on the web browser; receive a user instruction corresponding to a user interaction with the visualization interface inputted through the web browser; import an extracted building information modelling data from external; plan and simulate a robot motion path and a sequence of motions partly based on the extracted building information modelling data by selectively performing intelligent algorithms according to the user instruction; and generate a predetermined motion command set including the determined robot motion path and sequence of motions for a robotic device to move accordingly to prefabricate a plurality of construction components.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus with a local interconnect structure. The apparatus can include a first transistor, a second transistor, a first interconnect structure, a second interconnect structure, and a third interconnect structure. The local interconnect structure can be coupled to gate terminals of the first and second transistors and routed at a same interconnect level as reference metal lines coupled to ground and a power supply voltage. The first interconnect structure can be coupled to a source/drain terminal of the first transistor and routed above the local interconnect structure. The second interconnect structure can be coupled to a source/drain terminal of the second transistor and routed above the local interconnect structure. The third interconnect structure can be routed above the local interconnect structure and at a same interconnect level as the first and second interconnect structures.

Abstract: A motion information candidate list construction method includes: performing a first processing process on all neighboring image blocks of a current image block until a quantity of candidate motion information sets in a candidate motion information list is equal to a first preset value or all the neighboring image blocks are traversed; then traversing at least two extra to be selected motion information sets, and storing, in the candidate motion information list, an extra to be selected motion information set that satisfies a preset condition, until the quantity of candidate motion information sets in the candidate motion information list is equal to a preset quantity value or the extra to be selected motion information sets are traversedextra to be selected motion.

Abstract: A device includes an electrical circuit. The device further includes a first conductive pillar over a first side of a substrate. The device further includes a first conductive rail electrically connected to the first conductive pillar, wherein the electrical circuit is electrically connected to the first conductive rail by the first conductive pillar. The device further includes a power pillar extending through the substrate, wherein the power pillar is electrically connected to the first conductive rail.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display region and a second display region that are arranged adjacent to each other. The second display region is multiplexed as a photosensitive element disposure region. The first display region includes first sub-pixels, and the second display region includes second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels. The display panel also includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are oppositely disposed. The first substrate is provided with a plurality of signal lines, the plurality of signal lines at least include scan lines and data lines, and the scan lines and the data lines are isolated and crossed to define regions where the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are located. A signal line of the plurality of signal lines in the second display region is made of a transparent conductive material.

Abstract: A deep learning fault diagnosis method includes the following steps: a fault diagnosis data set X is processed based on sliding window processing, to obtain a picture-like sample data set {tilde over (X)}, and obtain an attention matrix A of the picture-like sample data set {tilde over (X)}; and a 2D-CNN model is constructed to process the picture-like sample data set {tilde over (X)} to obtain a corresponding feature map F, and in the meantime, the feature map F is processed based on channel-oriented average pooling and channel-oriented maximum pooling to obtain an output P1 of the average pooling and an output P2 of the maximum pooling, and a weight matrix W is obtained based on the attention matrix A, the output P1 of the average pooling, and the output P2 of the maximum pooling, so that an output of the model is a feature map {tilde over (F)} based on an attention mechanism, where {tilde over (F)}=WF.

Abstract: A method that includes measuring vibration levels in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, determining one or more sections of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus that vibrate at levels greater than a predetermined vibration level, and reducing the vibration levels in the one or more sections to be at or within the predetermined vibration level by coupling one or more weights to an external surface of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in the one or more sections.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure, which includes a stacked layer of first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers disposed over a bottom fin structure and a hard mask layer over the stacked layer, is formed. An isolation insulating layer is formed. A sacrificial cladding layer is formed over at least sidewalls of the exposed hard mask layer and stacked layer. A first dielectric layer is formed. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is recessed. A third dielectric layer is formed on the recessed second dielectric layer. The third dielectric layer is partially removed to form a trench. A fourth dielectric layer is formed by filling the trench with a dielectric material, thereby forming a wall fin structure.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first fin and a second fin on a substrate; forming a dummy gate material over the first fin and the second fin; etching the dummy gate material using a first etching process to form a recess between the first fin and the second fin, wherein a sacrificial material is formed on sidewalls of the recess during the first etching process; filling the recess with an insulation material; removing the dummy gate material and the sacrificial material using a second etching process; and forming a first replacement gate over the first fin and a second replacement gate over the second fin, wherein the first replacement gate is separated from the second replacement gate by the insulation material.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor fins extending from a substrate and a source/drain region epitaxially grown in recesses of the first and second semiconductor fins. A top surface of the source/drain region is higher than a surface level with top surfaces of the first and second semiconductor fins. The source/drain region includes a plurality of buffer layers. Respective layers of the plurality of buffer layers are embedded between respective layers of the source/drain region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circuitry. The circuitry includes a comparator and a signal correlated circuit. The comparator includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal. The signal correlated circuit includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to receive a first input signal. The second input terminal is coupled to receive a second input signal independent from the first input signal. The first output terminal is configured to generate a first output signal and to send the first output signal to the first input terminal of the comparator. The second output terminal is configured to generate a second output signal and to send the second output signal to the second input terminal of the comparator. The first output signal and the second output signal are correlated.

Abstract: Provided is a lentivirus packaging system, which comprises: a transfer plasmid comprising a nucleotide sequence of TAR-reserved-chimeric 5? long terminal repeat (LTR); at least one packaging plasmid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding TAR RNA binding protein, a nucleotide sequence of rev gene, a nucleotide sequence of gag gene, and a nucleotide sequence of pol gene; and an envelope plasmid. Due to the expression of gene of TAR RNA binding protein by the packaging plasmids, the produced lentivirus has higher virus titer and can improve the transduction rate and the gene delivery efficiency during cell transduction. The present invention further provides a method of improving lentivirus production in a host cell, which comprises using the lentivirus packaging system to transfect the host cell. The present invention further provides a cell transduced by the lentivirus and a method of using the cell for treating cancer.

Abstract: Processes treating a workpiece are provided. In one example implementation, a method can include performing an organic radical treatment process on a workpiece. The workpiece includes a photoresist material and a semiconductor material. The organic radical treatment process can include generating one or more species in a first chamber. The treatment process can include flowing one or more hydrocarbon molecules at a flow rate of about 100 sccm to about 15000 sccm into the one or more species to create a mixture. The mixture can include one or more organic radicals. The treatment process can include exposing the workpiece to the mixture in a second chamber. The mixture etches the photoresist material at an etch rate that is greater than an etch rate of the semiconductor material. Devices and systems for processing workpieces are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides natural gas pipelines, methods for filling an explosion suppression component, and methods for an explosion suppression experiment. The natural gas pipeline may include a pipeline body and an explosion suppression component. The explosion suppression component may be provided within the pipeline body and may include at least one of a first explosion suppression component and at least one second explosion suppression component. The method may include forming a first explosion suppression component by performing a first process on an explosion suppression material; and forming at least one second explosion suppression component by performing a second process on the explosion suppression material. The first process may include cutting and winding, and the second process may include stacking and cutting seam expansion.

Abstract: An optical tracking device includes an optical detection module and a target component. The optical detection module includes an optical receiver. The target component includes a light penetrating body with at least one mark and movably disposed adjacent to the optical detection module. The target component allows an illumination beam penetrating into the light penetrating body, so that the optical detection module acquires a detection image containing a pattern of the mark for tracking a relative movement between the target component and the optical detection module.

Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of powder metallurgy, and provides a method for preparing an aluminum-based tubular target. The method includes: sleeve assembly, raw material mixing, powder filling, sleeve degassing, hot isostatic pressing, and finished product processing.