Abstract: A video coding system that reorders prediction candidates is provided. A video coder receives data for a block of pixels to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The video coder identifies possible candidate prediction positions. The video coder computes a cost for each of the identified possible candidate prediction positions. The video coder assigns, based on the computed costs, a reordered index to each of N lowest cost candidate prediction positions from the identified possible candidate prediction positions. The video coder selects a candidate prediction position using the assigned reordered indices, wherein the selection is signaled in or parsed from the bitstream. The video coder encodes or decodes the current block by using the selected candidate prediction position.

Abstract: A method that reorders partitioning candidates or motion vectors based on template matching costs for geometric prediction mode (GPM) is provided. A video coder receives data to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The current block is partitioned into first and second partitions by a bisecting line defined by an angle-distance pair. The video coder identifies a list of candidate prediction modes for coding the first and second partitions. The video coder computes a template matching (TM) cost for each candidate prediction mode in the list. The video coder receives or signals a selection of a candidate prediction mode based on an index that is assigned to the selected candidate prediction mode based on the computed TM costs. The video coder reconstructs the current block by using the selected candidate prediction mode to predict the first and second partitions.

Abstract: A method for video decoding includes receiving a video frame reconstructed based on data received from a bitstream. The method further includes extracting, from the bitstream, a first syntax element indicating whether a spatial partition for partitioning the video frame is active. The method also includes, responsive to the first syntax element indicating that the spatial partition for partitioning the video frame is active, determining a configuration of the spatial partition for partitioning the video frame, determining a plurality of parameter sets of a neural network, and applying the neural network to the video frame. The video frame is spatially divided based on the determined configuration of the spatial partition for partitioning the video frame into a plurality of portions, and the neural network is applied to the plurality of portions in accordance with the determined plurality of parameter sets.

Abstract: A method for constraining multi-pass decoder-side motion vector refinement (MP-DMVR) is provided. A video coder receives data for a block of pixels to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. A video coder receives a motion vector that references a block of pixels in a reference picture based on the received data. A video coder refines the motion vector in a plurality of refinement passes by examining pixels in the reference picture that are identified based on the refined motion vector. The refinement of the motion vector is constrained by a refinement range. The video coder encodes or decodes the current block by using the refined motion vector to produce prediction residuals or to reconstruct the current block.

Abstract: A method for adjusting application settings is provided. The method includes using an application setting module to receive at least one performance target from an application running on an electronic device. The method further includes using the application setting module to record at least one performance indicator of the application while the application is running, wherein the performance indicator corresponds to the performance target. The method further includes using the application setting module to estimate the estimated time that the temperature of the electronic device sustains less than the defense temperature. The method further includes using the application setting module to determine the score according to the performance indicator and the estimated time, wherein the score indicates to the application that it should raise, lower, or keep a current setting.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding are disclosed for the encoder side and the decoder side. According to the method for the decoder side, encoded data associated with a current block is received. A pseudo GPM in a target GPM group for the current block is determined. The current block is divided into one or more subblocks. Assigned MVs (Motion Vectors) of each subblock are determined according to the pseudo GPM. A cost for each GPM in the target GPM group is determined according to decoded data. A selected GPM is determined based on a mode syntax and a reordered target GPM group corresponding to the target GPM group reordered according to the costs, wherein the pseudo GPM is allowed to be different from the selected GPM. The encoded data is decoded using information comprising the selected GPM.

Abstract: A multi-power system for providing electrical energy includes a fuel cell unit, a lithium-ion cell unit, and a control unit. The control unit stores a power optimization data sheet that includes multiple power parameter sets, each including a first optimal power and a second optimal power. The control unit is configured to, when operating in a specific mode, select one of the power parameter sets as a selected set, control the fuel cell unit to operate at the first optimal power included in the selected set, control the lithium-ion cell unit to operate at the second optimal power included in the selected set, and control the fuel cell unit and the lithium-ion cell unit to cooperatively output electricity.

Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for establishing a communication group, a communication device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving at least one beacon from at least one reference device, wherein each beacon includes a wireless channel used by the corresponding reference device and a number of connected devices of the corresponding reference device, and the wireless channel indicated in each beacon belongs to multiple reference channels; determining a target channel based on the wireless channel used by the corresponding reference device and the number of connected devices of the corresponding reference device; and establishing the communication group by using the target channel.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of video coding are disclosed. According to this method, input data comprising pixel data for a current block to be encoded at an encoder side or encoded data of the current block to be decoded at a decoder side is received. When one or more reference blocks or sub-blocks of the current block are coded in an affine mode, the following coding process is applied: one or more derived MVs (Motion Vectors) are determined for the current block according to one or more affine models associated with said one or more reference blocks or sub-blocks; a merge list comprising at least one of said one or more derived MVs as one translational MV candidate is generated; and predictive encoding or decoding is applied to the input data using information comprising the merge list.

Abstract: Video encoding or decoding methods and apparatuses include receiving input data associated with a current block in a current picture, determining a preload region in a reference picture shared by two or more coding configurations of affine prediction or motion compensation or by two or more affine refinement iterations, loading reference samples in the preload region, generating predictors for the current block, and encoding or decoding the current block according to the predictors. The predictors associated with the affine refinement iterations or coding configurations are generated based on some of the reference samples in the preload region.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inter prediction in video coding system are disclosed. According to the method, one or more model parameters of one or more cross-color models for the second-color block are determined. Then, cross-color predictors for the second-color block are determined, wherein one cross-color predictor value for the second-color block is generated for each second-color pixel of the second-color block by applying said one or more cross-color models to corresponding reconstructed or predicted first-color pixels. The input data associated with the second-color block is encoded using prediction data comprising the cross-color predictors for the second-color block at the encoder side, or the input data associated with the second-color block is decoded using the prediction data comprising the cross-color predictors for the second-color block at the decoder side.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding are disclosed. According to the method, a set of MC (Motion Compensation) candidates with each MC candidate comprising predicted samples for coding boundary pixels of the current block are determined. The set of MC candidates comprises a first candidate, and wherein the first candidate corresponds to a weighted sum of first predicted pixels generated according to first motion information of the current block and second predicted pixels generated according to second motion information of a neighbouring boundary block of the current block. Boundary matching costs associated with the set of MC candidates are determined respectively. A final candidate is determined from the set of MC candidates based on the boundary matching costs. The current block is encoded or decoded using the final candidate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding are disclosed. According to the method for the decoder side, encoded data associated with a current block comprising a first-colour block and a second-colour block are received. An inherited model parameter set is determined from a previously coded block coded in a first CCLM related mode, wherein the inherited model parameter set comprises a first scaling parameter associated with the first CCLM related mode. A final inherited model parameter set is derived if an update value for the inherited model parameter set is determined, where the final inherited model parameter set is determined based on the first scaling parameter and the update value. Then, the encoded data associated with the second-colour block are decoded using prediction data based on an updated CCLM related model associated with the final inherited model parameter set. A method and apparatus for the encoder side are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding are disclosed. According to the method for the decoder side, a first syntax, related to whether the current block is coded in a CCLM related mode, is parsed from a bitstream comprising the encoded data for the current block. If the first syntax indicates the current block being coded in the CCLM related mode, a second syntax is parsed from the bitstream, wherein the second syntax is related to whether a multiple model CCLM mode is used or whether one or more model parameters are explicitly signalled or implicitly derived. The model parameters for the second-colour block are determined if the first syntax indicates the current block being coded in a CCLM related mode. The encoded data associated with the second-colour block is then decoded using prediction data comprising the cross-colour predictor for the second-colour block.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inter prediction in video coding system are disclosed. According to the method, input data associated with a current block comprising at least one colour block are received. A blending predictor is determined according to a weighted sum of at least two candidate predictions generated based on one or more first hypotheses of prediction, one or more second hypotheses of prediction, or both. The first hypotheses of prediction are generated based on one or more intra prediction modes comprising a DC mode, a planar mode or at least one angular modes. The second hypotheses of prediction are generated based on one or more cross-component modes and a collocated block of said at least one colour block. The input data associated with the colour block is encoded or decoded using the blending predictor.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus for ADHD is suitable for receiving a plurality of sensing data from a subject. The analysis apparatus comprises a plurality of first stage processing units, a combinator, and a second stage processing unit. Each of the first stage processing units performs a first DNN processing for the sensing data respectively, such that a plurality of first learning results are generated. The first learning results are combined by the combinator into a combination data. The second stage processing unit performs a second DNN processing for the combination data to generate an analysis result.

Abstract: A method for video encoding and decoding using Low-Frequency Non-Separable Transform (LFNST) mode and apparatus thereof are disclosed. The input data correspond to primary transformed data at the encoder and the input data correspond to coded data of the current CU at the decoder. A CU is partitioned into one or more transform blocks (TBs). An LFNST syntax is determined at an encoder side or at a decoder side if one or more conditions are satisfied. The LFNST syntax indicates whether the LFNST mode is applied to the current CU and/or which LFNST kernel is applied when the LFNST mode is applied. The conditions comprise the CBF indications for the target TBs being false. The current CU is encoded or decoded according to the LFNST mode as indicated by the LFNST syntax.

Abstract: A video coding system that uses multiple models to predict chroma samples is provided. The video coding system receives data for a block of pixels to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The system constructs two or more chroma prediction models based on luma and chroma samples neighboring the current block. The system applies the two or more chroma prediction models to incoming or reconstructed luma samples of the current block to produce two or more model predictions. The system computes predicted chroma samples by combining the two or more model predictions. The system uses the predicted chroma samples to reconstruct chroma samples of the current block or to encode the current block.

Abstract: A system comprises a controller, configured to receive at least one thermal control setting and a system temperature, and to perform a first thermal throttling operation according to at least one thermal control instruction; and an application, coupled to the controller, configured to receive the at least one thermal control setting and the system temperature from the controller, and to generate the at least one thermal control instruction according to the at least one thermal control setting and the system temperature.

Abstract: A video coding system that uses multiple models to predict chroma samples is provided. The video coding system receives data for a block of pixels to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The video coding system derives multiple prediction linear models based on luma and chroma samples neighboring the current block. The video coding system constructs a composite linear model based on the multiple prediction linear models. The video coding system applies the composite linear model to incoming or reconstructed luma samples of the current block to generate a chroma predictor of the current block. The video coding system uses the chroma predictor to reconstruct chroma samples of the current block or to encode the current block.