Abstract: A data entry and scanning apparatus that includes a commercially available mobile device wherein said commercially available mobile device with a touch screen display, a processor, and a wireless communications network access point, a scanning device, an interface, and a power source that external to the commercially available mobile device and connected to the interface, and a casing that does not cover the touch screen display.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a storage controller, a memory management method, and a storage device, the memory management method including: identifying a current power mode of a host system; obtaining a target command from a command queue; in response to determining that the target command is used to enable a write booster mode, determining whether the power mode is a highest level; in response to determining that the power mode is the highest level, determining whether a cache block currently in use is a physical block of a triple-level cell type; in response to determining that the cache block currently in use belongs to the triple-level cell type, freezing the cache block of the triple-level cell type; using a physical block of a single-level cell type as a new cache block to write cache data; and enabling the write booster mode, and sending an enabling completed response.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting a coding block are provided. In some embodiments, the system may obtain the coding block in an image. The system may determine, based on the coding block, one or more searching templates corresponding to the coding block. For each of the one or more searching templates, the system may determine, based on the searching template, one or more candidate blocks from a reference region and determine a reference block corresponding to the searching template from the one or more candidate blocks. The reference region may include a plurality of reference pixels that are encoded. The system may determine, based at least in part on one or more reference blocks, a prediction block corresponding to the coding block.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system, and readable medium for video encoding.

Abstract: A method for intra-prediction is provided, including: determining at least one reference line of a current coding block, each of the at least one reference line comprising a plurality of first reference pixels; down-sampling the at least one reference line and obtaining a plurality of second reference pixels; performing matrix multiplication for the plurality of second reference pixels and obtaining a reference matrix; and obtaining a matrix-based intra-prediction block of the current coding block based on the reference matrix and the plurality of first reference pixels, the matrix-based intra-prediction block comprising a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, a value of each of the first pixels is a value of a corresponding pixel in the reference matrix, and a value of each of the second pixels is obtained based on values of the first pixels and values of the first reference pixels.

Abstract: An intra frame and inter frame joint prediction method is provided. The method includes determining at least one joint intra frame prediction mode of current coding block based on intra frame prediction mode of at least one encoded block of current frame, or determining the at least one joint intra frame prediction mode of the current coding block based on content characteristics of the current coding block, or taking at least one first specified intra frame prediction mode as the at least one joint intra frame prediction mode of current coding block; obtaining a joint intra frame prediction value of the current coding block based on the at least one joint intra frame prediction mode; and obtaining at least one intra frame and inter frame joint prediction value based on at least one candidate motion vector and the joint intra frame prediction value of the current coding block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for video encoding. The systems may determine a current string in a coding unit (CU) of an image frame. The current string may include one or more pixels. The systems may determine a first cost based on pixels with a same pixel value in the current string. The systems may determine a second cost based on one or more strings that are located above the current string. The systems may further determine a prediction string of the current string based on the first cost and the second cost. To determine the prediction string of the current string based on the first cost and the second cost, the systems may designate the current string as the prediction string of the current string in response to that the first cost and the second cost are not determined.

Abstract: A linear model (LM) prediction method and a coder are disclosed. The method includes dividing a current coding block into at least two sub-blocks; for each of the sub-blocks, constructing a linear model, wherein parameters of the linear model are calculated by using pixel values of adjacent reconstructed pixels of the sub-block and adjacent reconstructed pixels of a reference sub-block of the sub-block; and predicting the sub-block by using the linear model, and obtaining a LM prediction value of the sub-block.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a formulated pectin composition for lowering food glycemic index (GI) value. The formulated pectin composition comprises low-ester pectin and metal salt of bivalent/trivalent cation, with or without soluble polysaccharides. The formulated pectin composition may comprise the components: pectin and metal salt of bivalent or trivalent cation, in the following weight percentages: the pectin 94.3-97.1% and the metal salt of bivalent or trivalent cation 2.9-5.7%.

Abstract: An affine prediction method, a computing device and a non-transitory storage medium are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a current coding block comprising a plurality of sub-blocks arranged in an array; dividing the current coding block into at least two areas, wherein each area of the at least two areas comprises two or more of the sub-blocks; setting a corresponding control point motion vector (CPMV) for one or more control points in the each area, respectively; and affine-predicting motion vectors (MVs) of the two or more of the sub-blocks in the each area, using the corresponding CPMV.

Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a method for route planning. The method may include obtaining a start location and a destination of a target vehicle. The method may also include obtaining a map of a target region including the start location and the destination. The map may include node information of each of a plurality of nodes. Further, the method may include obtaining motion status information associated with one or more vehicles other than the target vehicle in the target region. The method may further include determining a target route of the target vehicle based at least in part on the start location, the destination, the motion status information associated with the one or more vehicles, and the map.

Abstract: Provided is a surgical stapler. The staple includes a knife holder, a first elastic member, jaws, and a housing assembly. The jaws are connected to the housing assembly. The first elastic member is disposed in the housing assembly. The knife holder is movable between a first position and a second position. The knife holder restricts the closure of the jaws when the knife holder is in the first position, and the jaws are configured to be closed when the knife holder is in the second position. The first elastic member is configured to drive the knife holder to move from the first position to the second position. The surgical stapler drives the knife holder to move by the first elastic member so that the knife holder no longer hinders the closing of the jaws, thereby facilitating user operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a condition of a battery includes a mode identifying unit configured to identify a usage mode of the battery during a period of time and its corresponding attenuation curve, according to recorded data on battery usage, stored usage modes of the battery and attenuation curves corresponding to the various usage modes, the attenuation curve representing a change of a fully charged capacity of the battery with battery usage; and a condition estimating unit configured to calculate battery degradation according to the recorded data, the identified usage mode and its corresponding attenuation curve, the degradation representing a quantity of the fully charged capacity of the battery that is reduced over the battery usage. The condition of the battery is estimated so as to rationally judge the residual value of the battery in operation.

Abstract: The present provides an affine prediction method and related devices. The method may include: dividing a current coding block into multiple sub-blocks, and determining an initial prediction value of all pixels in each of the sub-blocks; dividing each of the sub-blocks into multiple fraction blocks, wherein at least one of the fraction blocks comprises at least two integer pixels; determining a motion vector difference and a gradient of each of the fraction blocks; calculating a pixel compensation value of each of the fraction blocks based on the motion vector difference value and the gradient; taking the pixel compensation value of each of the fraction blocks as a pixel compensation value of all pixels in each of the fraction blocks; and calculating a final prediction value of each pixel in the current coding block by the initial prediction value of each pixel and the pixel compensation value.

Abstract: A method for acquiring motion vectors includes: obtaining a number of related motion vectors of a current block, wherein the number of related motion vectors are motion vectors of a related block of the current block, a prediction mode of the related block is the same as a current prediction mode of the current block, an encoding has been completed; determining weights of at least part of the number of related motion vectors; and calculating a weighted motion vector of the current block based on at least part of the number of related motion vectors and the weights of at least part of the plurality of related motion vectors.

Abstract: A sub-block motion prediction method includes: obtaining a reference block, a co-located frame, and a reference frame of a current block; obtaining a motion vector of the current block, wherein the motion vector corresponds to a set of reference parameters; obtaining a co-located block of a sub-block based on the set of reference parameters, wherein a plurality of sub-blocks are obtained by dividing the current block; obtaining a candidate motion vector of each sub-block based on a motion vector of the co-located block; and obtaining a sub-block motion prediction result of the current block based on all candidate motion vectors of all sub-blocks and following a principle of consuming a minimal prediction cost.

Abstract: A video processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-processed video sequence; resampling at least one picture of the to-be-processed video sequence, and encoding the at least one picture based on a quantization parameter after resampling; the quantization parameter after resampling is obtained by offsetting a quantization parameter before resampling based on an offset value of quantization parameters of the to-be-processed video sequence, and each resampled picture is encoded to obtain an encoded picture; and performing a picture resolution reconstruction on the encoded picture as an input picture to generate an output picture; the output picture has a resolution higher than a resolution of the input picture.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motion vector prediction method, a video coding method, and related apparatuses and devices. The motion vector prediction method includes: acquiring a candidate list of a current coding block in a preset prediction mode, where the candidate list includes a plurality of candidate motion vectors; performing a motion search of the plurality of candidate motion vectors in the candidate list to obtain an initial optimal motion vector of the current coding block in the preset prediction mode; performing motion compensation on the initial optimal motion vector by using each of a first preset number of pixel accuracies, to determine a final optimal motion vector of the current coding block, where the preset prediction mode comprises any one of a plurality of prediction modes, and pixel accuracies used in any one of the prediction modes are identical.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a system for image generation. The method may include: obtaining an initial image, the initial image being an image generated by a generator and including a specified target; determining, in the initial image, a partial image of the specified target; generating a fusion image including the specified target by performing an image fusion based on a background image and the partial image of the specified target; and generating a target sample image based on the fusion image.

Abstract: A method for inter-frame prediction may include obtaining a current coding unit in an image. The method may also include determining feature information of the current coding unit, the feature information being associated with at least one of a size feature or a texture feature. The method may also include determining, based on the feature information of the current coding unit, an MV candidate list. The method may also include determining, based on the MV candidate list, a prediction result of the current coding unit.