Abstract: A virtual object control method is described. A skill type of a skill is obtained in response to a first click/tap operation on a skill control. In response to determining that the obtained skill type of the skill is a target skill that supports selecting a casting position based on a screen click/tap, a castable region of the skill in a virtual scene is displayed according to a position where a controlled virtual object is located and a casting range of the skill. In response to a second click/tap operation in the castable region, the controlled virtual object is controlled to cast the skill at a casting position indicated by the second click/tap operation. Thus, a complex drag operation based on a wheel virtual joystick need not be performed, simplifying the operation of accurate aiming by a user. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable counterpart embodiments are also provided.

Abstract: A scene update control method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. A scene is divided into a plurality of region blocks, each region block including a plurality of position coordinate pairs. A voxel file of a region block includes all voxels on the region block, and voxel files of the plurality of region blocks are stored on a magnetic disk according to an order in which the plurality of region blocks are to be updated in the scene. The voxel files of the plurality of region blocks are read from the magnetic disk and stored to a memory in advance. The scene is updated based on the voxel files of the plurality of region blocks from the memory.

Abstract: Provided are an artifact removal method and apparatus based on machine learning (ML), and a method and apparatus for training an artifact removal model based on ML, in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). In the method, artifacts that may be generated in a process of compressing a video is preprocessed and removed by using an artifact removal model having a residual learning capability.

Abstract: The application discloses a method for motion synchronization of a virtual object. A first accumulation time and a second accumulation time are detected. The first accumulation time is accumulated from a previous speed update of the virtual object. The second accumulation time is accumulated from a previous location update of the virtual object. A speed of the virtual object is updated when the first accumulation time reaches a preset speed update time. In addition, the first accumulation time is reset after the speed of the virtual object is updated. A location of the virtual object is updated when the second accumulation time reaches a preset location update time. The second accumulation time is reset after the location of the virtual object is updated. The preset speed update time is greater than the preset location update time.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method, a computer device, and a storage medium for simultaneous localization and mapping, applied to the field of information processing technologies. In the simultaneous localization and mapping method in the embodiments, edge information of a current frame image captured by an image capturing apparatus is obtained, and the edge information is divided into structural features of a plurality of first components, where each first component may correspond to a partial structure of one object in the current frame image, or correspond to at least one object. Then, a correspondence between first components in the current frame image and second components in a reference frame image may be obtained by matching the structural features of the first components with structural features of the second components in the reference frame image. Finally, the image capturing apparatus may be simultaneously localized according to the correspondence.

Abstract: This application relates to an image processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a computer device. The method can include obtaining image frames acquired from a real scene, and playing the obtained image frames one by one according to an acquisition time sequence. The method can further include determining a position corresponding to a target object in the real scene when a trajectory formed by a movement of the target object in a plurality of the obtained image frames meets a trigger condition, rendering a virtual entry in a currently played image frame according to the position, and displaying virtual content in the virtual entry. The solutions provided in this application improve image processing efficiency.

Abstract: A method performed by at least one computer processor, the method comprising: obtaining an original file to be encrypted; encrypting header data of the original file to obtain encrypted header data, the header data comprising metadata of the original file; storing the encrypted header data; recording, to correspond to a file identifier of the original file, a first storage path of the encrypted header data; partitioning file data other than the header data in the original file, into segments; storing the segments in a disordered fragment sequence; and recording, to correspond to the file identifier, second storage paths of the segments along with an actual sequence of the segments in the original file.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a distributed system and a message processing method. The distributed system includes a client and a plurality of nodes. The client includes processing circuitry that is configured to send a message including a digital signature of the client. The distributed system is in a first consensus mode for reaching a consensus on the message. The processing circuitry obtains results from a subset of the nodes that receive the message. The results have respective digital signatures of the subset of the nodes. After verifying the digital signatures of the subset of the nodes, the processing circuitry of the client determines, based on the results, whether one or more of the nodes in the distributed system is malfunctioned.

Abstract: A video encoding code rate control method of a terminal device is provided. A space domain complexity and a time domain complexity of a first picture frame in a video stream are obtained. A first target bit of the first picture frame is updated to a second target bit according to the space domain complexity and the time domain complexity. A first initial quantization parameter of the first picture frame is updated to a second initial quantization parameter according to the space domain complexity and the time domain complexity. A compressed code stream of the first picture frame is generated according to the second target bit and the second initial quantization parameter.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a device positioning method and apparatus. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine at least one target user identifier (ID) that uses a target device to be positioned. The processing circuitry obtains a plurality of pieces of login information of the at least one target user ID where each piece of login information includes the respective target user ID, a device ID of a login device, and a login site. The processing circuitry further determines a target login site based on the plurality of pieces of login information, and positions the target device according to the target login site.

Abstract: A method for supporting hospital visits on a social network platform includes: detecting a user input for registering a visit at a hospital using a social network client application of the social network platform; in response to detecting the user input: obtaining a registration number for the visit, wherein the registration number indicates an ordinal position of the user in a hospital queue of multiple visitors to the hospital; and displaying a group chat interface for a group conversation including a social network identity of the user and a public social network identity of the hospital; and displaying a payment request for the visit in the group chat interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for classifying an input image. The method includes extracting, by a device, a global feature of a input image. The method includes determining, by the device, a local critical area of the input image based on the input image and the global feature; and extracting, by the device, a local feature of the local critical area. The method includes obtaining, by the device, a correlation feature of the input image based on the global feature of the input image and the local feature of the local critical area of the input image. The method includes classifying, by the device, the input image to obtain a classification result based on the global feature of the input image, the local feature of the local critical area, and the correlation feature of the input image.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting a region of interest (ROI), an electronic device, and a readable storage medium are provided. In the method for detecting a ROI, a target video frame image is divided into a plurality of image blocks and chrominance components of pixels of each image block are acquired. A ROI of the target video frame image is detected by determining a region type of each image block according to a ratio of pixels in an image block meeting a preset chrominance condition to pixels of the image block.

Abstract: A method for implementing data transmission of a time sensitive network (TSN) is provided. The method includes, reporting, by a session management function (SMF) device, a port number list of a device-side TSN converter to an application function device and a port number list of a network TSN converter, and receiving, by the SMF device, a port configuration parameter issued by the application function device, the port configuration parameter comprising port resources associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session. The PDU includes a plurality of periodic time sensitive communication service data flows, The plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same quality of service requirement. The plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same period and the same period of service quality, the same period being a period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows being the same.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, a server, a client, and a system for sharing content. The method includes: obtaining sharing request submitted by the client, the sharing request including a destination website to be shared; obtaining sharing content of the destination website according to the destination website; processing the content of the destination website, and generating an accessible address corresponding to the content of the destination website; and sending the accessible address corresponding to the content of the destination website to the client, such that the client replaces the destination website by using the accessible address and sends a sharing message including the accessible address. The method, the server, the client, and the system can be directed to increase efficiency of visiting sharing content.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and a terminal for initiating a time sensitive communication (TSC) service, and a storage medium. The terminal transmits request information for a TSC service to a network node, the request information including time parameters of the TSC service. The network node transmits response information including modified time parameters to the terminal, so that the terminal may perform the TSC service based on the response information, thereby implementing the TSC service initiated by the terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, apparatus, and storage medium for determining a target image region of a target object in a target image. The method includes: obtaining a target image comprising a target object; obtaining an original mask and an image segmentation model, the image segmentation model comprising a first unit model and a second unit model; downsampling the original mask based on a pooling layer in the first unit model to obtain a downsampled mask; extracting region convolution feature information of the target image based on a convolution pooling layer in the second unit model and the downsampled mask; updating the original mask according to the region convolution feature information; and in response to the updated original mask satisfying an error convergence condition, determining a target image region of the target object in the target image according to the updated original mask.

Abstract: A speech emotion detection system may obtain to-be-detected speech data. The system may generate speech frames based on framing processing and the to-be-detected speech data. The system may extract speech features corresponding to the speech frames to form a speech feature matrix corresponding to the to-be-detected speech data. The system may input the speech feature matrix to an emotion state probability detection model. The system may generate, based on the speech feature matrix and the emotion state probability detection model, an emotion state probability matrix corresponding to the to-be-detected speech data. The system may input the emotion state probability matrix and the speech feature matrix to an emotion state transition model. The system may generate an emotion state sequence based on the emotional state probability matrix, the speech feature matrix, and the emotional state transition model. The system may determine an emotion state based on the emotion state sequence.

Abstract: This application discloses method, an apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device for bar code generation and display. The method includes: obtaining a target code by compiling a source code, the target code being self-contained executable code comprising target computer readable instructions and comprising logic functions, wherein the target computer readable instructions are executable by a processor; and generating a target bar code embedded with the target code by encoding the target code, wherein the target code comprises at least one of the following logical functions: a first logical function for allowing a scanning device with a read permission to run the target code, a second logical function for allowing the target code to be run within a validity period, and a third logical function for calling and configuring target hardware in the scanning device to execute a target operation.

Abstract: Provided are a virtual object selection method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium, belonging to the field of computer and Internet technologies. When a client controls a first virtual object to perform a first operation, and a plurality of second virtual objects are distributed densely in an execution range of the first operation, the client offsets logical positions of the plurality of second virtual objects to ensure that the plurality of second virtual objects may be distinguished and a target virtual object is selected from the plurality of second virtual objects based on offset logical positions. Accordingly, a user is prevented from spending much time to select the target virtual object from the execution range of the first operation, thereby reducing operation time costs of the user and improving the operation efficiency.