Abstract: A video encoding method includes: setting a 360-degree Virtual Reality (360 VR) projection layout of projection faces, wherein the projection faces have a plurality of triangular projection faces located at a plurality of positions in the 360 VR projection layout, respectively; encoding a frame having a 360-degree image content represented by the projection faces arranged in the 360 VR projection layout to generate a bitstream; and for each position included in at least a portion of the positions, signaling at least one syntax element via the bitstream, wherein the at least one syntax element is set to indicate at least one of an index of a triangular projection view filled into a corresponding triangular projection face located at the position and a rotation angle of content rotation applied to the triangular projection view filled into the corresponding triangular projection face located at the position.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a first touch area and a second touch area. The first touch area includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes electrically insulated from each other. Every two adjacent first sensing electrodes space apart from each other by a first distance. The second touch area includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes electrically insulated from each other. Every two adjacent second sensing electrodes space apart from each other by a second distance. The second distance is less than the first distance. The first sensing electrodes and at least one second sensing electrode detects for touch operation at different time periods.

Abstract: One video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for performing motion estimation. Another video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with motion estimation.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus has a first compressor, a second compressor, a first output interface, and a second output interface. The first compressor performs compression upon a first portion of an input display data of a frame to generate a first compressed display data, wherein the compression performed upon the first portion of the input display data has a first compression configuration. The second compressor performs compression upon a second portion of the input display data of the frame to generate a second compressed display data, wherein the compression performed upon the second portion of the input display data has a second compression configuration. The first output interface transmits the first compressed display data over a first display port of a display interface. The second output interface transmits the second compressed display data over a second display port of the display inter face.

Abstract: An image-based motion sensor has a camera system and a processing system. The camera system generates an image output including a plurality of captured images. The processing system obtains a motion sensor output by processing the image output, and identifies a user input as one of a plurality of pre-defined user actions according to the motion sensor output. Different functions of at least one application performed by one electronic device are controlled by the pre-defined user actions. The motion sensor output includes information indicative of at least one of a motion status and an orientation status of the image-based motion sensor. Each of the captured images has more than one color component, and only values of one single color component are involved in obtaining the motion sensor output.

Abstract: A method for performing image processing control and an associated apparatus are provided, where method may include the steps of: performing image coding on image information of at least one frame to generate encoded data of the at least one frame, wherein in the encoded data, a specific frame of the at least one frame includes a plurality of tiles, and each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a plurality of superblocks; and generating a bitstream carrying the encoded data of the at least one frame, wherein at least a partition type and a transform size of each superblock within a specific tile of the plurality of tiles are derivable from information corresponding to the specific tile within the encoded data, having no need to derive the partition type and the transform size from information corresponding to another tile of the plurality of tiles within the encoded data.

Abstract: An EUV reticle pod is provided. The pod includes an inner and an outer box assembly. The inner box assembly contained in the outer box assembly includes a base and a cover. The base has an upper surface and a surrounding wall. The upper surface includes a carry surface, at least one trench, and a first contacting surface. The EUV reticle is carried above the carry surface. The trench has a circular loop structure and its bottom is lower than the carry surface. The carry surface, the trench, and the first contacting surface are sequentially distributed from the center of the upper surface towards the surrounding wall. The cover has a concave for accommodating the EUV reticle and a second contacting surface for cooperating with the first contacting surface to form an air-tight seal. The trench captures and traps particles to reduce the particle contamination on the reticle.

Abstract: A reticle pod for accommodating a reticle is provided. The reticle pod comprises a base; a cover; and at least one supporting member. When the reticle is accommodated on the reticle pod, the supporting member abuts against the reticle through a protrusion part; wherein the maximum static friction is constantly greater than a horizontal force applied to the support module from the reticle.

Abstract: An edge-emitting laser having a small vertical emitting angle includes an upper cladding layer, a lower cladding layer and an active region layer sandwiched between the upper and lower cladding layers. By embedding a passive waveguide layer within the lower cladding layer, an extended lower cladding layer is formed between the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer. In addition, the refractive index (referred as n-value) of the passive waveguide layer is larger than the n-value of the extended lower cladding layer. The passive waveguide layer with a larger n-value would guide the light field to extend downward. The extended lower cladding layer can separate the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer and thus expand the near-field distribution of laser light field in the resonant cavity, so as to obtain a smaller vertical emitting angle in the far-field laser light field.

Abstract: An exemplary image processing method includes the following steps: receiving an image input composed of at least one source image; receiving algorithm selection information corresponding to each source image; checking corresponding algorithm selection information of each source image to determine a selected image processing algorithm from a plurality of different image processing algorithms; and performing an object oriented image processing operation upon the source image based on the selected image processing algorithm. The algorithm selection information indicates an image quality of each source image and is generated from one of an auxiliary sensor, an image processing module of an image capture apparatus, a processing circuit being one of a video decoder, a frame rate converter, and an audio/video synchronization (AV-Sync) module, or is a user-defined mode setting.

Abstract: A video frame processing method, which comprises: (a) capturing at least one first video flame via a first camera; (b) capturing at least one second video frame via a second camera; and (c) adjusting one candidate second video frame of the second video frames based on one of the first video frame to generate a target single view video frame.

Abstract: One video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering. Another video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering.

Abstract: A reticle pod is provided for receiving a reticle, the reticle pod comprises: a plurality of positioning modules, which are disposed on at least one vertex portions of a substrate of the reticle pod. The positioning module includes an elastic member, and an abutting member which disposed above the positioning module, wherein when the reticle is received in the reticle pod and the cover of the reticle pod is engaged to the substrate, the cover contacts and provides a downward pressure to the abutting member, and forcing the abutting member to compress the elastic member. The compressed elastic member deforms extensively along a transverse direction and contacts with the reticle.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for merging compressed access units according to compression rates and/or positions of the respective compressed access units. The method can include receiving a sequence of compressed access units corresponding to a sequence of raw access units partitioned from an image or a video frame and corresponding to a sequence of memory spaces in a frame buffer, determining a merged access unit including at least two consecutive compressed access units based on compression rates and/or positions of the sequence of compressed access units. The merged access unit is to be stored in the frame buffer with a reduced gap between the at least two consecutive compressed access units compared with storing the at least two consecutive compressed access units in corresponding memory spaces in the sequence of memory spaces.

Abstract: A measuring method and apparatus of frequency response characteristic imbalance of an optical receiver, in which by transmitting at least one single-frequency signal in an I branch or a Q branch of an optical transmitter, an amplitude ratio and phase imbalance of the I branch and the Q branch of the optical receiver are directly calculated according to at least one pair of received signals extracted from the I branch and the Q branch of the optical receiver of which frequencies are split due to a frequency difference between lasers of the optical transmitter and the optical receiver, with no need of many times of changes of central wavelengths of lasers of the optical transmitter and the optical receiver for performing measurement for many times, and measurement of frequency response characteristic imbalance of the optical receiver may be achieved through one time of measurement, which is simple in process and accurate in measurement result.

Abstract: One image processing method has at least the following steps: receiving an image input in a device, wherein the image input is composed of at least one source image; receiving image selection information; regarding a source image included in the image input, checking the image selection information to determine whether the source image is selected or skipped; and performing an object oriented image processing operation upon each selected source image. Another image processing method has at least the following steps: receiving an image input in a device, wherein the image input is composed of at least one source image; receiving algorithm selection information; and regarding a source image included in the image input, checking the algorithm selection information to determine a selected image processing algorithm from a plurality of different image processing algorithms, and performing an image processing operation upon the source image based on the selected image processing algorithm.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus has a compression circuit and an output interface. The compression circuit has a pre-processor and a compressor. The pre-processor receives a first input display data in a first color domain, and performs a color format conversion upon the first input display data to generate a second input display data in a second color domain, wherein the second color domain is different from the first color domain. The compressor performs compression in the second color domain, wherein the compressor is arranged to compress the second input display data into a compressed display data in the second color domain. The output interface packs an output display data derived from the compressed display data into an output bitstream, and outputs the output bitstream via a display interface.

Abstract: A decoding apparatus has an arithmetic decoder and a controller. A counter logic of the controller generates a first statistics result according to a first syntax element decoding result. A control logic of the controller instructs the arithmetic decoder to perform a first scan procedure at least once to generate the first syntax element decoding result of transform coefficients of a transform coefficient block, controls a repetition number of a second scan procedure based at least partly on the first statistics result, and instructs the arithmetic decoder to perform the second scan procedure at least once to generate a second syntax element decoding result of the transform coefficients. The first scan procedure decodes a first coded syntax element of one transform coefficient when performed by the arithmetic decoder once. The second scan procedure decodes a second coded syntax element of one transform coefficient when performed by the arithmetic decoder once.

Abstract: A video frame processing method, which comprises: (a) capturing at least one first video frame via a first camera; (b) capturing at least one second video frame via a second camera; and (c) adjusting one candidate second video frame of the second video frames based on one of the first video frame to generate a target single view video frame.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a compressor and an output interface. The compressor generates a plurality of compressed pixel data groups by compressing pixel data of a plurality of pixels of a picture based on a pixel data grouping setting of the picture. The output interface packs the compressed pixel data groups into an output bitstream, records indication information in the output bitstream, and outputs the output bitstream via a display interface. The indication information is indicative of at least one boundary between consecutive compressed pixel data groups packed.