Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for generating temporally correlated UV atlases are provided. The process may include generating plurality of consistent UV charts based on partition information associated with one or more previous frames; removing one or more non-manifold vertices from the plurality of consistent UV charts based on assigning one or more incident faces associated with the one or more non-manifold vertices to corresponding UV charts; merging more than one of the plurality of consistent UV charts based on a similarity between the plurality of consistent UV charts and one or more reference charts associated with the one or more previous frames; and generating temporally correlated UV atlases for the current frame based on aligning the plurality of consistent UV charts with the one or more reference charts associated with the one or more previous frames.

Abstract: A method performed by at least one processor in a decoder includes receiving a coded video bitstream that includes a compressed two dimensional (2D) mesh corresponding to a surface of three dimensional (3D) volumetric object. The method includes predicting a sampled 2D coordinate from at least one previously coded sampled 2D coordinate included in the compressed mesh. The method includes deriving a prediction residual associated with the sampled 2D coordinate. The method further includes reconstructing a 2D coordinate corresponding to a boundary vertex based on the predicted sampled 2D coordinate and the derived prediction residual.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for geometry filtering for mesh compression are provided. The process may include receiving a coded bitstream associated with a mesh, wherein the coded bitstream comprises boundary information associated with the mesh, and determining one or more boundary vertices associated with the mesh based on the boundary information. The process may also include generating a filtered geometry map associated with the mesh based on the one or more boundary vertices associated with the mesh and one or more filtering parameters in a filtering algorithm; and compressing the filtered geometry map using a video codec into a plurality of single channel or multiple channel images.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for for encoding or decoding a 3D mesh with predictive coding of boundary geometry information. The example decoding method includes receiving a coded bitstream comprising a geometry patch for a three-dimension mesh; extracting, from the coded bitstream, a reconstructed geometry image for the geometry patch comprising a set of points corresponding to a set of geometry coordinates for a boundary vertex in the three-dimension mesh; deriving based on the set of the geometry coordinates, a 3D geometry coordinate for the boundary vertex; obtaining a prediction residue for the boundary vertex; and reconstructing, by the device, geometry information of the boundary vertex based on the derived 3D geometry coordinate and the prediction residue.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for for encoding or decoding a 3D mesh with constrained geometry dynamic range. The example decoding method includes receiving a coded bitstream comprising a geometry patch for a three-dimension mesh; extracting, from the coded bitstream, a first syntax element indicating whether the geometry patch is partitioned, wherein the geometry patch comprises one or more partitions; and for a respective partition in the geometry patch, obtaining a dynamic range of pixel values for points in the respective partition that correspond to vertices in the three-dimension mesh, wherein the dynamic range enables the geometry patch to be coded within a predetermined bit depth.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-situ method for synthesizing a Ni—W—WC composite coating, which includes the following steps: immersing a carbon steel substrate to be coated in an electroplating solution and electroplating, to obtain a Ni—W—C alloy coating on the surface of the carbon steel substrate; and then subjecting the alloy coating to high temperature heat treatment to obtain the Ni—W—WC composite coating. The electroplating solution comprises the following components: a nickel salt, a tungstate, citric acid, a citrate, a recarburizer, and a wetting agent. The present invention shows merits of simple operation, high current efficiency, simple electroplating process, and is clean and causes no pollution, thus meeting the requirements of environment protection.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for imaging: a side-view of a object on a surface, a Contact Angle of a liquid object, the color of an object, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is related to, among other things, the devices and methods that improve the accuracy and reliability of an assay, even when the assay device and/or the operation of the assay device has certain errors, and in some embodiments the errors are random.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, CHO cells expressing a recombinant polypeptide of interest are grown in media where the amino acids, vitamins, phosphate, lipids and/or antioxidant optimization is utilized to manipulate and/or control the protein quality attributes of the polypeptides. Polypeptides expressed in accordance with the present invention may be advantageously used in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is to provide systems and methods that improve the accuracy of an assay that comprise at least one or more parameters each having a random error.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for decoding audio data of an audio scene. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives first audio source data and second audio source data. The first audio source data corresponds to a space of interest in the audio scene and the second audio source data does not correspond to the space of interest in the audio scene. The space of interest in the audio scene is represented by at least one of a listener space, an audio channel, or an audio object. The processing circuitry decodes the first audio source data based on the space of interest.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for mesh coding (encoding and/or decoding). In some examples, an apparatus for coding mesh includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes, three dimensional (3D) coordinates of vertices in a first 3D mesh frame and connectivity information of the vertices from a bitstream that carries the first 3D mesh frame. The first 3D mesh frame represents a surface of an object with polygons. The processing circuitry deduces texture coordinates associated with the vertices, and decodes a texture map for the first 3D mesh frame from the bitstream. The texture map includes first one or more 2D charts with 2D vertices having the texture coordinates. The processing circuitry reconstructs the first 3D mesh frame based on the 3D coordinates of the vertices, the connectivity information of the vertices, the texture map and the texture coordinates.

Abstract: Processing circuitry receive first UV coordinates associated with first vertices of a first patch and second UV coordinates associated with second vertices of a second patch. The first patch and the second patch are partitions from a three dimensional (3D) mesh, the 3D mesh represents a surface of an object with polygons and is partitioned into patches. The first patch includes the first vertices that are mapped to first two dimensional (2D) vertices of a first 2D patch in a 2D map according to the first UV coordinates, the second patch includes the second vertices that are mapped to second 2D vertices of a second 2D patch in the 2D map according to the second UV coordinates. The processing circuitry can apply various overlapping checking techniques on the first 2D patch and the second 2D patch.

Abstract: The present invention is related to correct the errors in instruments, operation, and others using intelligent monitoring structures and machine learning, and others.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for video coding. Video data including one or more views is received. A composite depth image and a composite texture image corresponding to the one or more views are generated based on the received video data. The video data is decoded based on the generated composite depth image and composite texture image.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for mesh coding. In some examples, an apparatus for mesh coding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a bitstream carrying a 3D mesh frame. The 3D mesh frame represents a surface of an object with polygons, the polygons are defined by vertices and edges connecting the vertices, the 3D mesh frame is parameterized into a plurality of 2D charts in a 2D UV atlas. The processing circuitry determines respective chart based coding modes for the plurality of 2D charts according to one or more indices decoded from the bitstream, and decodes, from the bitstream, at least respective geometry information associated with the plurality of 2D charts according to the respective chart based coding modes. The processing circuitry reconstructs the 3D mesh frame according to the respective geometry information associated with the plurality of 2D charts.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for mesh coding (encoding and/or decoding). In some examples, an apparatus for coding mesh includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes, using a point cloud compression (PCC) decoder and from a bitstream, a point cloud that includes first points corresponding to vertices in a three dimensional (3D) mesh frame. The 3D mesh frame represents a surface of an object with polygons. The processing circuitry decodes, from the bitstream, first connectivity information of the 3D mesh frame. The first connectivity information has been signaled in the bitstream. The processing circuitry infers, second connectivity information of the 3D mesh frame, from the first points of the point cloud. The second connectivity information is not signaled in the bitstream. The processing circuitry reconstructs the 3D mesh frame based on the point cloud, the first connectivity information and the second connectivity information.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, CHO cells expressing a recombinant polypeptide of interest are grown in media where the amino acids, vitamins, phosphate, lipids and/or antioxidant optimization is utilized to manipulate and/or control the protein quality attributes of the polypeptides. Polypeptides expressed in accordance with the present invention may be advantageously used in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: A lighted accessory and/or corresponding method of installation seamlessly replace an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) lighting apparatus and/or accessory. The accessory includes a front side and back side with a circuit board positioned therebetween. One side of the accessory includes translucent portion(s). The circuit board includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which are aligned with the translucent portion of the front side of the accessory such that when the LEDs are illuminated, light is emitted from the accessory. The circuit board also includes at least one microcontroller and a radio-frequency interference filter circuit wherein the microcontroller controls the LEDs and the radio-frequency interference filter circuit mitigates RF emissions.

Abstract: A method and system for separating light hydrocarbons are disclosed, wherein the method comprises compression, cooling, absorption, desorption, rectification, cracking, and recycling cracked gas to the compression step.