Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image encoding and decoding method and apparatus for signaling information on a subpicture and picture header, and a method of transmitting a bitstream. The image decoding method according to the present disclosure may include acquiring a first flag specifying whether information on a subpicture is present in a bitstream, acquiring a second flag specifying whether picture header information is present in a slice header, and decoding the bitstream based on the first flag and the second flag. When the first flag specifies that the information on the subpicture is present in the bitstream, the second flag may have a value specifying that the picture header information is not present in the slice header.

Abstract: A method of decoding a coded video bitstream is provided. The method includes obtaining a first reference picture list structure and a second reference picture list structure represented in the coded video bitstream; deriving, based on the first reference picture list structure and the second reference picture list structure, a first reference picture list of a current slice and a second reference picture list of the current slice, wherein the current slice comprises an intra (I) slice or a uni-predictive (P) slice; and obtaining at least one reconstructed block of the current slice following derivation of the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list.

Abstract: Systems and methods of disabling user control interfaces during attachment of a wearable electronic device to a portion of a user's clothing or accessory are disclosed. The wearable electronic device can include inertial measurement units (IMUs), optical sources, optical sensors or electromagnetic sensors. Based on the information provided by the IMUs, optical sources, optical sensors or electromagnetic sensors, an electrical processing and control system can make a determination that the electronic device is being grasped and picked up for attaching to a portion of a user's clothing or accessory or that the electronic device is in the process of being attached to a portion of a user's clothing or accessory and temporarily disable one or more user control interfaces disposed on the outside of the wearable electronic device.

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream including a first slice of a coded image. The coded image is associated with a picture parameter set (PPS) in the bitstream. The first slice is associated with a slice header in the bitstream. A list of identifiers (IDs) is parsed from the PPS. A first ID is parsed from the slice header of the first slice. The first ID matches one of the IDs in the list of IDs in the PPS. A list of tiles coded in the first slice is determined based on the first ID. The first slice is determined to generate a reconstructed sub-image of the coded image.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for examining digital forensic data using a viewer computer. Forensic data collections are provided to the viewer computer, which can format the data artifacts according to a variety of display types and presentation formats, to facilitate review and reporting by a user. The display types and presentation formats also enable the user to easily switch between a source location view and a related artifacts view.

Abstract: A method for intra prediction comprises determining a first MPM candidate corresponding to a left-side candidate block on the basis of a position of the left-side candidate block adjacent to a left side of a current block; determining a second MPM candidate corresponding to an upper-end candidate block on the basis of a position of the upper-end candidate block adjacent to an upper end of the current block; generating an MPM candidate list including a plurality of MPM candidates, on the basis of the first MPM candidate and the second MPM candidate; and determining one MPM candidate of the plurality of the MPM candidates that constitute the MPM candidate list as an intra prediction mode of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block on the basis of the determined intra prediction mode to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block.

Abstract: Provided is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method comprises obtaining subpicture information from a bitstream, deriving one or more subpictures in a current picture based on the subpicture information, and decoding a current subpicture in the current picture based on the subpicture information. The subpicture information may comprise a first flag specifying whether each of the one or more subpictures is treated as a picture, and, based on the bitstream including at least one first layer referring to a current layer including the current picture, the first flag for the first subpicture included in a first layer and corresponding to the current subpicture, and the first flag for the current subpicture have the same value.

Abstract: A deblocking filtering method, a boundary strength (bS) deriving method, and encoding/decoding method and apparatus using the methods are provided. The bS deriving method includes the steps of: deriving a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block which is a unit block on which deblocking filtering is performed; and setting a bS for each bS setting unit block in the deblocking filtering unit block. Here, the step of setting the bS includes setting a bS value of a target boundary corresponding to the boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bS setting unit block.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for signaling image information and to a decoding method using same. The method for signaling image information according to the present invention comprises: a step of performing inter-prediction for a current picture; and a step of signaling information including the result of said inter-prediction and reference picture information indicating reference pictures usable in said inter prediction, wherein said reference picture information contains pieces of picture order count (POC) information of said usable reference pictures. The POC information of said usable reference pictures in said reference picture information is configured such that POCs for the pictures existing before said current picture in terms of a POC sequence are located at the front, and POCs for the pictures existing after said current picture in terms of a POC sequence are located following the POCs located at the front.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may include acquiring size information indicating a size of a current slice corresponding to at least a portion of a current picture from a bitstream and determining the size of the current slice based on the size information.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present document, information for carrying out in-loop filtering across virtual boundaries can be efficiently signaled. For example, in-loop filtering can be carried out on the basis of signaling of information which is related to whether in-loop filtering across virtual boundaries is enabled or not.

Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a video decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: parsing a flag pertaining to a weighted prediction from a bitstream; parsing the syntax of a prediction weighted table from the bitstream based on the flag; performing a weighted prediction for the current block in the current picture based on the prediction weighted table syntax to generate prediction samples for the current block; generating residual samples based on residual information acquired from the bitstream; and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples and the residual samples, wherein the prediction weighted table syntax can be parsed from the picture header of the bitstream based on the value of the flag being 1, and can be parsed from the slice header of the bitstream based on the value of the flag being 0.

Abstract: An optoelectronic computing system includes a first semiconductor die having a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and a second semiconductor die having an electronic integrated circuit (EIC). The PIC includes optical waveguides, in which input values are encoded on respective optical signals carried by the optical waveguides. The PIC includes an optical copying distribution network having optical splitters. The PIC includes an array of optoelectronic circuitry sections, each receiving an optical wave from one of the output ports of the optical copying distribution network, and each optoelectronic circuitry section includes: at least one photodetector detecting at least one optical wave from the optoelectronic operation. The EIC includes electrical input ports receiving respective electrical values.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and device are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding device according to the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: determining a prediction mode of the current block on the basis of prediction information obtained from a bitstream; on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block, obtaining a flag indicating whether a color space transform is applied to a residual sample of the current block; determining a quantization parameter of the current block on the basis of the flag; and determining a transform coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method comprises obtaining, from a bitstream, video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit type information of a current picture and first flag information specifying whether a subpicture included in the current picture is treated as one picture, determining a NAL unit type of each of a plurality of slices included in the current picture, based on the obtained VCL NAL unit type information, and decoding the plurality of slices based on the determined NAL unit type and the first flag information. The current picture may comprise two or more subpictures based on at least some of the plurality of slices having different NAL unit types, and the first flag information may have a predetermined value specifying that each of the two or more subpictures is treated as one picture based on at least some of the plurality of slices having different NAL unit types.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes thermal management devices. In one example, a thermal management device can include a processing unit, a thermal grease layer directly contacting the processing unit, and a heat pipe. The heat pipe can include a heat pipe interior volume having a working fluid disposed therein, a first exterior surface directly contacting the thermal grease layer, a second exterior surface opposite from the first exterior surface, and side exterior surfaces connecting the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface. The thermal management device can also include a device cover spaced from the second exterior surface of the heat pipe by a distance from greater than 1 mm to about 5 mm, and a bracket having a clamping portion that holds the heat pipe by the side exterior surfaces of the heat pipe. The clamping portion does not extend past the first exterior surface of the heat pipe.

Abstract: A method or coding image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: binarizing according to different techniques, index values of forward prediction, backward prediction, and bidirectional prediction, depending on whether the bidirectional prediction is applied when inter-predicting a current block; and entropy coding a binarized codeword, wherein whether to apply the bidirectional prediction when inter-predicting the current block can be determined on the basis of the size of the current block. As a result, provided are a method for binarizing an inter-prediction direction of a prediction unit having a specific size, and an apparatus using same.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to housings for electronic devices. In one example, a housing for an electronic device can include a rigid substrate having an exterior surface including a recessed region positioned at an opening extending through the rigid substrate connecting the recessed region to an interior surface of the rigid substrate. A conductive metal antenna is conformally carried by the recessed region and positioned at the opening.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: acquiring a flag indicating whether a picture header (PH) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit exists; acquiring a PH on the basis of the flag; and decoding a current picture related to the PH on the basis of the PH.

Abstract: An encoding device configured to encode a flag, that indicates whether tile information for a picture having a tile group is present in a parameter set of a video bitstream or in a slice header of the video bitstream, into the video bitstream, encode the tile information in the parameter set when the flag indicates the tile information for the picture is encoded in the parameter set, and encode the tile information in the slice header when the flag indicates the tile information for the picture is encoded in the slice header.