Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive a signal, the signal comprising a sparse signal; perform residual coding on the signal; perform predictive coding on the signal; determine a residual, the residual comprising a residual of the signal and a base signal or a residual of an approximation and the base signal, the approximation being an approximation of the signal; and determine whether to transmit the residual or the signal over a communication channel.

Abstract: In example embodiments, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform determine a processing order of building blocks to encode or decode a media item; and determine a number of processing steps required to encode or decode the media item; wherein the processing order of building blocks and the number of processing steps are determined based on a content of the media item by using a guided probability model based on a neural network.

Abstract: The embodiments relate to a global set of features that are generated, refined and used in encoding and decoding, wherein the global set of features are targeted to collaborative inference.

Abstract: An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: determine a first value of a first epoch of training a neural network based on a relation applied to at least one weight of the neural network from the first epoch and a base model; determine a second value of a second epoch of training the neural network based on the relation applied to the at least one weight of the neural network from the second epoch and the base model; wherein the second epoch occurs later than the first epoch; and determine whether to communicate a weight update to the at least one weight of the neural network between the second epoch of training and the first epoch of training, based at least on the first value and the second value.

Abstract: The embodiments relate to a method for encoding, comprising receiving a representation (1005) of input media to be encoded: encoding the representation (1005) to generate encoded bitstreams to be delivered to a decoder, and using encoder's de-coder-side neural network (en-DSNN) for decoding the encoded representation and/or post-processing the decoded representation: adapting (1030) the en-DSNN based at least on the representation or a signal derived from the representation and on an output of the en-DSNN or a signal derived from an output of the en-DSNN, thus obtaining a weight-update (1040) as a result: performing one or more iterations of compressing and decompressing the weight-update (1040) by using a weight-update codec: selecting values of one or more configuration parameters of the weight-update codec and using the selected values for a final compression of the weight-update (1040); and signaling the compressed weight update to a decoder.

Abstract: In example embodiments, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided. An example apparatus include processing circuitry; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least to: overfit a neural network on each media item, from a batch of media items, for a number of iterations to obtain an overfitted neural network model for the each media item; evaluate the overfitted neural network model on the each media item to obtain evaluation errors; and update parameters of the neural network to be based on the evaluation errors.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. 1. An apparatus incudes at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory includes computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: perform an overfitting operation, at an encoder side, to obtain an overfitted probability model, wherein overfitting comprises one or more training operations applied to a probability model, wherein one or more parameters of the probability model are trained; use the overfitted probability model to provide probability estimates to a lossless codec or a substantially lossless codec for encoding data or a portion of the data; and signal information to a decoder on whether to perform the overfitting operation at the decoder side.

Abstract: An information interaction method, a computer-readable storage medium and a communication terminal are disclosed. The information interaction method is applied to a local terminal, and includes: in a process of a video call with a remote terminal, in response to a first interaction instruction, performing split-screen display on a display screen of the local terminal to form at least a first split screen for displaying an interface of the video call and a second split screen for displaying a shopping interface; in response to a first selection instruction, acquiring an image of a commodity corresponding to the first selection instruction, with the first selection instruction being an instruction of selecting the commodity from the shopping interface; and displaying a synthesized image obtained by performing image synthesis on the image of the commodity and at least a part of images in the interface of the video call.

Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is a compound of formula (I), or an N-oxide, solvate, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof, which is an extrahepatic targeted cationic lipid compound with high efficiency and low toxicity. Further provided are a composition containing the aforementioned compound, and the use thereof in the delivery of a therapeutic or prophylactic agent.

Abstract: A resource distribution method and apparatus. The method is applied to a first server side, including: in response to a resource acquisition request initiated by a first consumer terminal for a target resource, obtaining, from a blockchain network, pre-acquisition information corresponding to the resource acquisition request; when the obtained pre-acquisition information indicates that there is a resource pre-acquisition transaction corresponding to the first consumer terminal and the target resource stored in a blockchain ledger of the blockchain network, returning the target resource to the first consumer terminal. This method can achieve reliable certification of resource distribution records by executing transactions. Based on transactions stored in the blockchain, the distribution process of target resources can be traced, thereby improving the control of target resources and reducing the security risks and infringement hazards of the resource distribution process to a certain extent.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device, the display device comprising a display module and an infrared touch control assembly, wherein a display surface of the display module is in the shape of a rectangle with an edge extending in a first direction and an edge extending in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being perpendicular to each other; the infrared touch control assembly comprises an infrared emitting frame and an infrared receiving frame which are arranged oppositely and extend in the first direction; a plurality of infrared emitting units are fixed in the infrared emitting frame; a plurality of infrared receiving units are fixed in the infrared receiving frame; and an orthographic projection of a light-emitting surface of the infrared emitting frame in the display module is positioned in an area outside a display area of the display module.

Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a compound of formula (I), or an N-oxide, solvate, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof. Further provided are a composition containing the aforementioned compound, and the use thereof in the delivery of a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent.

Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: estimate an importance of parameters of a neural network based on a graph diffusion process over at least one layer of the neural network; determine the parameters of the neural network that are suitable for pruning or sparsification; remove neurons of the neural network to prune or sparsify the neural network; and provide at least one syntax element for signaling the pruned or sparsified neural network over a communication channel, wherein the at least one syntax element comprises at least one neural network representation syntax element.

Abstract: Provided are an intelligent interaction device and method, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying, on a touch screen, a current window of a multimedia file in a playing state; displaying, in response to an instruction from a user for zooming the current window, a zoomed window of the current window at a first predetermined position of the current window, the zoomed window being smaller than the current window; and displaying, in response to an annotation operation performed by the user for the zoomed window, an annotation in the zoomed window, and updating the current window by displaying the annotation in the current window.

Abstract: An information interaction method, a computer-readable storage medium and a communication terminal are disclosed. The information interaction method is applied to a local terminal, and includes: in a process of a video call with a remote terminal, in response to a first interaction instruction, performing split-screen display on a display screen of the local terminal to form at least a first split screen for displaying an interface of the video call and a second split screen for displaying a shopping interface; in response to a first selection instruction, acquiring an image of a commodity corresponding to the first selection instruction, with the first selection instruction being an instruction of selecting the commodity from the shopping interface; and displaying a synthesized image obtained by performing image synthesis on the image of the commodity and at least a part of images in the interface of the video call.

Abstract: A jelly roll includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate that are disposed in a stacked manner. The tail end of the first electrode plate is a first foil uncoating region; the tail end of the second electrode plate is a second foil uncoating region; and the jelly roll includes a first bending region disposed at an outermost side of the jelly roll, the tail end of the first electrode plate and the tail end of the second electrode plate are both located in the first bending region, and neither of projections, in a thickness direction of the jelly roll, of the first foil uncoating region and the second foil uncoating region exceeds the first bending region. The present disclosure solves problems of being unable to ensure both safety and an energy density of a battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a call method and terminal, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The call method includes: receiving or initiating, by a first terminal, a call request to establish a call with a second terminal; detecting, by the first terminal, at least one of the following: a current task being executed by the first terminal, whether there is one or more third terminals capable of assisting in the call, and a current task being executed by a third terminal; and selecting whether a display interface of the first terminal displays a call assisting option according to the current task being executed by the first terminal and/or the current task being executed by the third terminal; wherein the call assisting option is used to prompt a user to select to answer the call with the second terminal through the assistance of the third terminal.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device, the display device comprising a display module and an infrared touch control assembly, wherein a display surface of the display module is in the shape of a rectangle with an edge extending in a first direction and an edge extending in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being perpendicular to each other; the infrared touch control assembly comprises an infrared emitting frame and an infrared receiving frame which are arranged oppositely and extend in the first direction; a plurality of infrared emitting units are fixed in the infrared emitting frame; a plurality of infrared receiving units are fixed in the infrared receiving frame; and an orthographic projection of a light-emitting surface of the infrared emitting frame in the display module is positioned in an area outside a display area of the display module.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a system for training a data coding pipeline including a feature extractor neural network, an encoder neural network, and a decoder neural network configured to reconstruct input data based on encoded features. A plurality of losses corresponding to different tasks may be determined for the coding pipeline. Tasks may be performed based on an output of the coding pipeline. A weight update may be determined for at least a subset of the coding pipeline based on the plurality of losses. The weight update may be configured to reduce a number of iterations for fine-tuning the coding pipeline for one of the tasks. This enables faster adaptation of the coding pipeline for one of the tasks after deployment of the coding pipeline. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed. Apparatuses, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a method for implementing a video conference. The method includes: acquiring layout information of a conference picture of the video conference, wherein the layout information comprises: information of at least two conferee regions in the conference picture, and information of corresponding relationships between the at least two conferee regions and at least two terminals involved in the video conference; sending the information of the corresponding conferee regions to the at least two terminals; receiving conferee multimedia data provided by the at least two terminals based on the information of the corresponding conferee regions; acquiring conference video data based on the conferee multimedia data; and sending the conference video data to the at least two terminals.