Abstract: A dynamically-reconfigurable power converter includes a controller circuit and switching circuitry. The switching circuitry includes a first set of nodes electrically connectable to terminals of an energy storage device, a second set of nodes electrically connectable to at least one winding of a rotational electric machine, and a third set of nodes electrically connectable to an external power source. Electrical measurement circuitry monitors electrical conditions at the first set of nodes and the third set of nodes. The switching circuitry is operative in a first mode to regulate power delivery from the first set of nodes to the second set of nodes, and in a second mode to regulate power delivery between the third set of nodes and the first set of nodes via the second set of nodes.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for automatically analyzing and filtering redundant alarms in radio transceiver systems consisting of the following steps: step 1: the operator shall define the relationship between the alarms, defining rules to filter redundant alarms at the FRDU block; step 2: the FSU block will detect the alarm and send it to the FAFU block; step 3: FAFU block will receive alarms from FSU, based on the rules defined in FRDU block will analyze and filter out redundant alarms; Step 4: The FSMU block will receive the alarms after being filtered, stored in the database and also send these alarms to the EMS system.

Abstract: Decomposing a value range of the respective syntax elements into a sequence of n partitions with coding the components of z laying within the respective partitions separately with at least one by VLC coding and with at least one by PIPE or entropy coding is used to greatly increase the compression efficiency at a moderate coding overhead since the coding scheme used may be better adapted to the syntax element statistics. Accordingly, syntax elements are decomposed into a respective number n of source symbols si with i=1 . . . n, the respective number n of source symbols depending on as to which of a sequence of n partitions into which a value range of the respective syntax elements is sub-divided, a value z of the respective syntax elements falls into, so that a sum of values of the respective number of source symbols si yields z, and, if n>1, for all i=1 . . . n?1, the value of si corresponds to a range of the ith partition.

Abstract: The coding of a media signal is rendered more efficient by describing the media signal using a sequence of samples and sequentially encoding this sequence by selecting, for a current sample, a set of quantization levels out of a plurality of quantization level sets depending on indices encoded into the data stream for previous samples of the sequence of samples, quantizing the current sample onto one level of the set of quantization levels, and encoding a quantization index to the one level for the current sample into the data stream. In other words, scalar quantization of the individual samples of the sequence of samples is used, but it is rendered dependent on quantization indices encoded into the data stream for previous samples of the sequence of samples.

Abstract: An entropy decoder is configured to, for horizontal and vertical components of motion vector differences, derive a truncated unary code from the data stream using context-adaptive binary entropy decoding with exactly one context per bin position of the truncated unary code, which is common for horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector differences, and an Exp-Golomb code using a constant equi-probability bypass mode to obtain the binarizations of the motion vector differences. A desymbolizer is configured to debinarize the binarizations of the motion vector difference syntax elements to obtain integer values of the horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector differences. A reconstructor is configured to reconstruct a video based on the integer values of the horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector differences.

Abstract: A decoder includes an entropy decoder configured to derive a number of bins of the binarizations from the data stream using binary entropy decoding by selecting a context among different contexts and updating probability states associated with the different contexts, dependent on previously decoded portions of the data stream; a desymbolizer configured to debinarize the binarizations of the syntax elements to obtain integer values of the syntax elements; a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the video based on the integer values of the syntax elements using a quantization parameter, wherein the entropy decoder is configured to distinguish between 126 probability states and to initialize the probability states associated with the different contexts according to a linear equation of the quantization parameter, wherein the entropy decoder is configured to, for each of the different contexts, derive a slope and an offset of the linear equation from first and second four bit parts of a respective 8 bit initial

Abstract: A battery control system includes a plurality of battery cells that are separately controllable as units of individual cells or groups of cells. Each controllable unit may be switchably activated or deactivated in the overall battery circuit, and one or more conditions of each controllable unit may be individually measured. Various techniques are disclosed for operating the battery control system to optimize or improve system performance and longevity.

Abstract: A battery control system includes a plurality of battery cells that are separately controllable as units of individual cells or groups of cells. Each controllable unit may be switchably activated or deactivated in the overall battery circuit, and one or more conditions of each controllable unit may be individually measured. Various techniques are disclosed for operating the battery control system to optimize or improve system performance and longevity.

Abstract: Integration driving mechanism for fin control assembly applied for UAV, aerial observation equipment, comprises: the control assembly, the fin root assembly, the fin shaft. The control assembly is small size, high temperature operation, waterproof ability, vibration resistance, easily replacement and reparation that is still warrant the operation condition.

Abstract: A decoder configured to decode residual levels, and sequentially dequantize the residual levels by selecting a quantizer out of a set of default quantizers depending on a current transition state, and updating the current transition state depending on a current residual level's characteristic obtained by an application of a binary function onto the current residual level, and depending on a quantization mode information contained in the data stream. The current transition state transitions, according to a surjective mapping which depends on the quantization mode information, from a domain of combinations of a set of one or more transition states with the current residual level's characteristic onto the set of one or more transition states, wherein a cardinality of the set of one or more transition states differs depending on the quantization mode information.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an elongated capacitive sensor for fluid monitoring. The sensor comprising: a fibre support made of a dielectric material or dielectric composite material; and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged longitudinally along the fibre support, the first and second electrodes forming together with the fibre support a capacitive sensing element whose capacitance is dependent upon one or more electrical properties of one or more materials inside the support and/or outside the support, and/or is dependent upon a change of materials configuration and associated overall change of one or more electrical properties inside the support and/or outside the support.

Abstract: Decomposing a value range of the respective syntax elements into a sequence of n partitions with coding the components of z laying within the respective partitions separately with at least one by VLC coding and with at least one by PIPE or entropy coding is used to greatly increase the compression efficiency at a moderate coding overhead since the coding scheme used may be better adapted to the syntax element statistics. Accordingly, syntax elements are decomposed into a respective number n of source symbols si with i=1 . . . n, the respective number n of source symbols depending on as to which of a sequence of n partitions into which a value range of the respective syntax elements is sub-divided, a value z of the respective syntax elements falls into, so that a sum of values of the respective number of source symbols si yields z, and, if n>1, for all i=1 . . . n?1, the value of si corresponds to a range of the ith partition.

Abstract: Arithmetic encoder for encoding a plurality of symbols is configured to derive an interval size information for an arithmetic encoding of one or more symbol values to be encoded on the basis of one or more state variable value, in a first mode of operation, and to update the one or more state variable values and/or the interval size information for an encoding of one or more subsequent symbol values to be encoded in the first mode; in a second mode, the arithmetic encoder is configured to disable an update of the one or more state variable values and/or of the interval size information. Additionally, further embodiments of arithmetic encoders and decoders and video encoders and decoders are described.

Abstract: An electronic device including first and second housings rotated on a hinge unit, a display exposed to an outside through the first and second housings, first and second cameras disposed respectively in the first and second housings, at least one sensor, and at least one processor, is provided. The at least one processor is configured to obtain first and second images using the first camera and second cameras, respectively, generate a first panoramic image based on the first and second images, detect a rotation of at least one of the first housing or the second housing through the hinge unit using the at least one sensor, obtain at least one image using at least one of the first or second cameras while the at least one housing rotates, and generate a second panoramic image based on the first panoramic image and the at least one image.

Abstract: A decoder for decoding a data stream into which media data is coded has a mode switch configured to activate a low-complexity mode or a high-efficiency mode depending on the data stream, an entropy decoding engine configured to retrieve each symbol of a sequence of symbols by entropy decoding using a selected one of a plurality of entropy decoding schemes, a desymbolizer configured to desymbolize the sequence of symbols to obtain a sequence of syntax elements, a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the media data based on the sequence of syntax elements, selection depending on the activated low-complexity mode or the high-efficiency mode.

Abstract: Decoder for decoding a residual signal from a data stream, configured to decode, from the data stream, a quantized prediction residual and at least one quantization error compensation signal; scale the quantized prediction residual to determine a scaled prediction residual; determine a reconstructed prediction residual based on the scaled prediction residual and the at least one quantization error compensation signal.

Abstract: A reference signal generator (1) generates a reference signal (REF) having high auto-correlation. A delay unit (2) delays the reference signal (REF) to generate delayed reference signals and outputs the reference signal (REF) and the delayed reference signals to the transmission units (TR1-TRN), respectively. A calibration network (3) combines the output signals of the transmission units (TR1-TRN). An analyzer (4) analyzes a correlation between a demodulated signal (DEM) and the reference signal (REF) to determine variations of timing, amplitude and a phase of the output signal of each transmission unit. Each transmission unit calibrates the timing, amplitude and phase of the output signal based on a corresponding determination result.

Abstract: A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.

Abstract: Decoder for block-based decoding of an encoded picture signal using transform decoding, configured to select for a predetermined block a selected transform mode, entropy decode a block to be dequantized, which is associated with the predetermined block according to the selected transform mode, from a data stream and dequantize the block to be dequantized using a quantization accuracy, which depends on the selected transform mode, to obtain a dequantized block.

Abstract: A decoder for decoding a data stream into which media data is coded has a mode switch configured to activate a low-complexity mode or a high-efficiency mode depending on the data stream, an entropy decoding engine configured to retrieve each symbol of a sequence of symbols by entropy decoding using a selected one of a plurality of entropy decoding schemes, a desymbolizer configured to desymbolize the sequence of symbols to obtain a sequence of syntax elements, a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the media data based on the sequence of syntax elements, selection depending on the activated low-complexity mode or the high-efficiency mode.