Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data. The method includes: receiving, from the video data, an Adaptation Parameter Set (APS) identifier associated with a number of previously used Cross-Component Sample Adaptive Offset (CCSAO) filter offset sets stored in APS; receiving, from the video data, a syntax in Picture Header (PH) or Slice Header (SH) that indicates the APS identifier used for a current picture or slice; decoding, for the current coding tree unit (CTU), a filter set index that indicates a particular previously used CCSAO filter offset set of the number of offset sets in the APS associated with the APS identifier; and applying the particular previously used CCSAO filter offset set to the current CTU of the video data.

Abstract: An artificial bone plate unit and an assembleable artificial bone plate are provided. The artificial bone plate unit includes a plate body, multiple connecting pins, connecting holes, drug cavities, and drug-releasing openings. The plate body has two main surfaces and a peripheral surface connected between the two main surfaces. The connecting pins and the connecting holes are formed on the plate body and arranged along the peripheral surface on the plate body. The connecting holes correspond in shape to the connecting pins. The drug cavities are formed in the artificial bone plate unit and are connected to the drug-releasing openings. The artificial bone plate units are connected using the connecting pins and the connecting holes to form the assembleable artificial bone plate. The assembleable artificial bone plate can be bent into the shape of a defect area of the skull, which saves material and time.

Abstract: A hand tool for bolts fastening includes a block-shaped jig body, a first bolt hole is disposed in the jig body laterally and a second bolt hole is disposed in the jig body longitudinally, an end of the second bolt hole is in communication with the first bolt hole, the second bolt hole allows a packing bolt to pass through and be screwed, a hemispherical suppression portion is disposed at an end of the packing bolt, the first bolt hole allows a to-be-fastened bolt to be screwed, the suppression portion of the packing bolt is pressed down on a selected position of the bolt, to cause a crest at the selected position to expand outward, so that interference occurs when the bolt is screwed with a bolt hole or a nut, to increase a torque force required to make the bolt come off.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a conversion device having includes a first, a second, a third and a fourth converter, and a control unit. The first converter has a first input terminal and a first output terminal; the second converter has a second input terminal and a second output terminal; the first and the second input terminal are electrically connected to a power supply. The third converter has a third input terminal and a third output terminal, the third input terminal is coupled to the first output terminal; the fourth converter has a fourth input terminal and a fourth output terminal; the fourth input terminal is coupled to the second output terminal, and the third output terminal is electrically connected to the fourth output terminal. The control unit is coupled to the conversion device, receives a power request from a load, and controls an output power of the conversion device.

Abstract: A power conversion device used in electric vehicles includes a transmission assembly and a power converter. The transmission assembly is detachably connected to the electric vehicle and receives a first power from the battery pack of the electric vehicle. The power converter is electrically connected to the transmission assembly and converts the first power into a second power or a third power. The power converter is configured outside the electric vehicle.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide systems and methods for motion refinement in a video. The method may include determining an initial motion vector for a video block of a video frame from the video. The method may include determining a matching target based on a weighted combination of a first reference block from a first reference frame in the video and a second reference block from a second reference frame in the video. The method may include performing a bilateral matching based motion refinement process at a block level to iteratively update the initial motion vector based on the matching target until a refined motion vector is obtained. The method may include refining a motion vector for each sub-block in the video block using the refined motion vector of the video block. Refining the motion vector at a sub-block level applies an affine motion model of the video block.

Abstract: A method for decoding a video block in GPM includes: partitioning the video block into two geometric partitions; constructing a uni-directional motion victor (MV) candidate list by adding regular merge candidates; in response to determining that the candidate list is not full, constructing a first updated candidate list by adding additional uni-directional MVs derived from bi-prediction MVs of a regular merge candidate list to the candidate list; in response to determining that the first updated candidate list is not full, constructing a second updated candidate list by adding pairwise average candidates to the first updated candidate list; in response to determining that the second updated candidate list is not full, periodically adding zero uni-directional MVs to the second updated candidate list until a maximum length is reached; and respectively generating a uni-directional MV for each geometric partition.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an anti-aging composition, which includes: (a) isolated lactic acid bacterial strains or a fermented product thereof; and (b) an excipient, a diluent, or a carrier; wherein the isolated lactic acid bacterial strains include: Bifidobacterium bifidum VDD088 strains, Bifidobacterium breve Bv-889 strains, and Bifidobacterium longum BLI-02 strains. The present invention further provides a method for preventing aging by administering the foregoing anti-aging composition to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus for processing one or more objects. The apparatus includes a carrier configured to hold the one or more objects, a tank filled with a processing agent and configured to receive the carrier, and a spinning portion configured to contact the one or more objects and to spin the one or more objects to disturb a flow field of the processing agent.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a processing tool. The tool includes a housing enclosing a processing chamber, and an input/output port configured to pass a wafer through the housing into and out of the processing chamber. A back-side macro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image a back side of the wafer. A front-side macro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image a front side of the wafer according to a first image resolution. A front-side micro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image the front side of the wafer according to a second image resolution which is higher than the first image resolution.

Abstract: A method of performing automatic tuning on a deep learning model includes: utilizing an instruction-based learned cost model to estimate a first type of operational performance metrics based on a tuned configuration of layer fusion and tensor tiling; utilizing statistical data gathered during a compilation process of the deep learning model to determine a second type of operational performance metrics based on the tuned configuration of layer fusion and tensor tiling; performing an auto-tuning process to obtain a plurality of optimal configurations based on the first type of operational performance metrics and the second type of operational performance metrics; and configure the deep learning model according to one of the plurality of optimal configurations.

Abstract: An integrated motor and drive assembly is disclosed and includes a housing, a motor and a drive. The housing includes a motor-accommodation portion and a drive-accommodation portion. The drive includes a power board and a control board. The power board is made of a high thermal conductivity substrate and includes a power element and an encoder disposed on the first side, the first side faces the motor, the power board and the motor are stacked along a first direction, and the second side contacts the housing to from a heat-dissipating route. The control board is disposed adjacent to the power board. The control board and the power board are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first direction is parallel to an axial direction of the motor. A part of the power board and a part of the control board are directly contacted to form an electrical connection.

Abstract: A method includes forming a dummy gate over a semiconductor fin; forming a source/drain epitaxial structure over the semiconductor fin and adjacent to the dummy gate; depositing an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer to cover the source/drain epitaxial structure; replacing the dummy gate with a gate structure; forming a dielectric structure to cut the gate structure, wherein a portion of the dielectric structure is embedded in the ILD layer; recessing the portion of the dielectric structure embedded in the ILD layer; after recessing the portion of the dielectric structure, removing a portion of the ILD layer over the source/drain epitaxial structure; and forming a source/drain contact in the ILD layer and in contact with the portion of the dielectric structure.

Abstract: A cutting fluid digital monitoring and management system and method are provided, applicable to a computer numerical control (CNC) machining device. The CNC machining device has a cutting fluid tank configured to accommodate a cutting fluid. The cutting fluid digital monitoring and management system includes: a detection tank, configured to extract a cutting fluid from the cutting fluid tank through a motor and an electrically controlled water valve; a concentration sensing module, a pH sensing module, a water hardness sensing module, and a temperature sensing module, respectively configured to obtain a concentration, a pH value, a hardness, and a temperature of the cutting fluid; a processing module, configured to generate a monitoring integration value, compare the monitoring integration value with a standard model, and generate an adjustment signal; and an adjustment module, configured to actively adjust a variable parameter of the cutting fluid according to the adjustment signal.

Abstract: A control method of a driving mechanism is provided, including: the driving mechanism provides a first electrical signal from a control assembly to the driving mechanism to move the movable portion into an initial position relative to the fixed portion, wherein the control assembly includes a control unit and a position sensing unit; the status signal of an inertia sensing unit is read; the control unit sends the status signal to the control unit to calculate a target position; the control unit provides a second electrical signal to the driving assembly according to the target position for driving the driving assembly; a position signal is sent from the position sensing unit to the control unit; the control unit provides a third electric signal to the driving assembly to drive the driving assembly according the position signal.

Abstract: In a method of cleaning a lithography system, during idle mode, a stream of air is directed, through a first opening, into a chamber of a wafer table of an EUV lithography system. One or more particles is extracted by the directed stream of air from surfaces of one or more wafer chucks in the chamber of the wafer table. The stream of air and the extracted one or more particle are drawn, through a second opening, out of the chamber of the wafer table.

Abstract: A fish identification method is provided. The fish identification method includes capturing an image through a processor, wherein the image includes a fish image. The fish identification method includes identifying a plurality of feature points of the fish image through a coordinate detection model and obtaining a plurality of sets of feature-point coordinates. Each of the plurality of sets of feature-point coordinates corresponds to each of the plurality of feature points. The fish identification method further includes calculating a body length or an overall length of the fish image according to the plurality of sets of feature-point coordinates of the image.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a laminate, the laminate including a dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and a conductive layer forming a circuit element overlying the first surface of the dielectric layer. The apparatus further includes a magnetic layer over the conductive layer. A first edge surface of the magnetic layer is coplanar with a first edge surface of the laminate, and a second edge surface of the magnetic layer is coplanar with a second edge surface of the laminate.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder receives a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) rice extension flag that indicates whether an extension of rice parameter derivation for binarization of abs_remainder and dec_abs_level is enabled. In a second method, the decoder may receive a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) rice adaption enabled flag that indicates whether rice parameter derivation for binarization of abs_remainder and dec_abs_level is used.

Abstract: A slurry monitoring device, a CMP system and a method of in-line monitoring a slurry are provided. The slurry monitoring device incudes a slurry metrology cell, a plurality of light sources and at least one optical detector. The slurry metrology cell is configured to accommodating a slurry. The light sources are configured to emit light beams on the slurry in the slurry metrology cell. The light sources include a first light source configured to emit a first light beam having a first wavelength, and a second light source configured to emit a second light beam having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength. The at least one optical detector is configured to detect an intensity of the light beams scattered by abrasive particles in the slurry.