Abstract: A panoramic video processing method, a panoramic video processing device and a panoramic video system are provided. The panoramic video processing method includes the following steps. A plurality of shooting ranges of a plurality of cameras and a field of view (FOV) are received. An amount of stitches of a plurality of original images is calculated according to the shooting ranges and the field of view. An amount of a plurality of adjacent parts of the original images is corresponding to the amount of stitches. The adjacent parts of the original images are stitched to obtain a plurality of partial panoramic images.

Abstract: A built-in temperature sensing device of a single chip includes a built-in temperature sensor and a temperature comparator. The built-in temperature sensor senses a single chip temperature of the single chip. The temperature comparator receives the single chip temperature and a threshold temperature, and compares the single chip temperature with the threshold temperature to generate an output signal to take a necessary protection method.

Abstract: An encoding, a decoding method, a system for encoding and decoding, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoding method includes the following. In a palette mode, if colors of pixels of a coding unit block are all represented by one or more major colors of the coding unit block, a flag is set as a first state value, and if the color of at least one pixel of the coding unit block is not represented by the one or more major colors of the coding unit block, the flag is set as a second state value. The encoding method further includes establishing a palette table corresponding to the coding unit block according to a state value of the flag and the one or more major colors.

Abstract: A clock adjusting device includes an oscillator, a first counter, a second counter, a count comparator and a threshold comparator. The oscillator transmits an operation clock signal. The first counter counts a reference clock signal, to obtain a reference clock count value. The second counter counts the operation clock signal to obtain an operation clock count value. The count comparator compares the reference clock count value with the operation clock count value, to obtain a candidate correction value. The oscillator adjusts the operation clock signal according to an output correction value. The threshold comparator compares the candidate correction value and an updated threshold. When the candidate correction value is lower than the updated threshold, the candidate correction value is used as the output correction value, and when the candidate correction value exceeds the updated threshold, a current correction value is used as the output connection value.

Abstract: An encoding, a decoding method, a system for encoding and decoding, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoding method includes the following. In a palette mode, if colors of pixels of a coding unit block are all represented by one or more major colors of the coding unit block, a flag is set as a first state value, and if the color of at least one pixel of the coding unit block is not represented by the one or more major colors of the coding unit block, the flag is set as a second state value. The encoding method further includes establishing a palette table corresponding to the coding unit block according to a state value of the flag and the one or more major colors.

Abstract: Systems and methods for inspecting particles in a liquid beneficial agent are provided.

Abstract: A clock generation circuit and a clock adjustment method thereof are provided. The clock generation circuit includes a fixed clock source, a variable clock source, a timing adjustment circuit, and a pulse width signal generator. The fixed clock source generates a reference clock signal having a fixed frequency. The variable clock source receives a frequency setting signal to correspondingly generate an operational clock signal having a variable frequency. The timing adjustment circuit determines whether a frequency of the operation clock signal is N times of a target frequency according to the reference clock signal to set a frequency of the operation clock signal. The pulse width signal generator divides the operating clock signal to generate a pulse width modulation signal having the target frequency.

Abstract: A method for sending location information continuously of a user in need of rescue and carrying a location tracking device of the disclosure includes determining whether a rescue-needed signal is received, and if so controlling a first positioning module of the location tracking device to send a first positioning signal. Determining whether a power level of the location tracking device is more or less than a predetermined power level and turning off the first positioning module if less. If so, the location tracking device sends a second positioning signal when the power level is less than the predetermined power level, the power consumption of the second positioning module being less than that of the first positioning module. Thereby, transmission of a rescue signal is enabled for an extended period and over a longer distance.

Abstract: A clock generation circuit and a clock adjustment method thereof are provided. The clock generation circuit includes a fixed clock source, a variable clock source, a timing adjustment circuit, and a pulse width signal generator. The fixed clock source generates a reference clock signal having a fixed frequency. The variable clock source receives a frequency setting signal to correspondingly generate an operational clock signal having a variable frequency. The timing adjustment circuit determines whether a frequency of the operation clock signal is N times of a target frequency according to the reference clock signal to set a frequency of the operation clock signal. The pulse width signal generator divides the operating clock signal to generate a pulse width modulation signal having the target frequency.

Abstract: A clock adjusting device includes an oscillator, a first counter, a second counter, a count comparator and a threshold comparator. The oscillator transmits an operation clock signal. The first counter counts a reference clock signal, to obtain a reference clock count value. The second counter counts the operation clock signal to obtain an operation clock count value. The count comparator compares the reference clock count value with the operation clock count value, to obtain a candidate correction value. The oscillator adjusts the operation clock signal according to an output correction value. The threshold comparator compares the candidate correction value and an updated threshold. When the candidate correction value is lower than the updated threshold, the candidate correction value is used as the output correction value, and when the candidate correction value exceeds the updated threshold, a current correction value is used as the output connection value.

Abstract: A video encoding method includes receiving a source video frame, dividing the source video frame into a coding tree unit, determining a coding unit from the coding tree unit, enabling or disabling a coding mode of the coding unit, determining, if the coding mode is enabled, whether to evaluate a size of a transform unit for the enabled coding mode, and determining a transform unit of the coding unit for the enabled coding mode, wherein the size of the coding unit is defined by a number (N) of samples.

Abstract: Inspection of distribution and morphology of a substance applied to a container includes selectively illuminating at least a portion of a surface of a container using a light source, adjusting the light source to create a resolved view of the substance with sufficient contrast to show a layer of the lubricant disposed on the surface of the container, obtaining an image of the resolved view of the illuminated portion of the surface of the container using an image detector, analyzing image data representing the image of the resolved view, using a data processor, to generate a quantity representing a quality of interaction between the lubricant and the surface of the container, and determining whether the container is acceptable based upon the quantity generated.

Abstract: A method of encoding or decoding coding units of a video content in a palette coding mode using an adaptive palette predictor is provided. The method includes adaptively determining a maximum size of the adaptive palette predictor based on at least one of a complexity of the video content and coding quality of the video content; and encoding or decoding the coding units of the video content in the palette coding mode using the adaptive palette predictor while limiting the adaptive palette predictor that is derived from all palette(s) of previously encoded or decoded coding unit(s) of the video content within the maximum size determined in the adaptively determining step. An apparatus of encoding or decoding coding units of a video content in a palette coding mode using an adaptive palette predictor is also provided.

Abstract: An encoding, a decoding method, a system for encoding and decoding, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoding method includes the following. In a palette mode, if colors of pixels of a coding unit block are all represented by one or more major colors of the coding unit block, a flag is set as a first state value, and if the color of at least one pixel of the coding unit block is not represented by the one or more major colors of the coding unit block, the flag is set as a second state value. The encoding method further includes establishing a palette table corresponding to the coding unit block according to a state value of the flag and the one or more major colors.

Abstract: An integrated metrology module includes a chuck for holding a sample and positioning the sample with respect to an optical metrology device, a reference chip for the optical metrology device, the reference chip being movable to various positions with respect to the optical metrology device, and a reference chip purge device provides a flow of purge gas or air over the reference chip while the reference chip is in the various positions. The reference chip purge device may be static or movable with the reference chip.

Abstract: An encoding method and an encoder are provided. The encoding method includes receiving a first coding unit of a frame, and selecting a first index pixel and a second index pixel from pixels of the frame and setting index values corresponding to the two index pixels, where a color of the first index pixel is different to a color of the second index pixel. The encoding method includes indexing each pixel in the first coding unit to generate an index map. The encoding method includes generating a coding value corresponding to the first coding unit according to the index map, and transmitting the coding value to a decoder, wherein only an index value corresponding to a 1st scanned pixel in the pixels of the first coding unit in the index map is recorded in the coding value.

Abstract: An encoding, a decoding method, a system for encoding and decoding, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoding method includes the following. In a palette mode, if colors of pixels of a coding unit block are all represented by one or more major colors of the coding unit block, a flag is set as a first state value, and if the color of at least one pixel of the coding unit block is not represented by the one or more major colors of the coding unit block, the flag is set as a second state value. The encoding method further includes establishing a palette table corresponding to the coding unit block according to a state value of the flag and the one or more major colors.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method of color palette coding and an electronic device using the same method. The proposed method would include not limited to encoding, by using a processor, a bit stream to represent a color of a coding unit and storing the bit stream in a storage medium or transmitting the bit stream. The bit stream would include not limited to a binary bit representing a run flag, a N binary bit sequence representing up to 2N major colors in a coding unit with each of the possible values of the N binary bit sequence representing an unique major color index of N major color indices, and a M binary bit sequence representing up to 2M extended colors with each of the possible values of the M binary bit sequence representing an unique extended color index of M extended color indices.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an encoding method includes generating a histogram corresponding to all pixels in a coding unit. The encoding method further includes seeking a first color value according to the histogram, wherein a first number of pixels of the first color value in the histogram is greater than or equals to a first threshold. The encoding method further includes seeking a second color value in a first range of the first color value according to the histogram. The encoding method further includes removing one or more pixels of the first color value from the histogram when a second number of pixels of the second color value is greater than or equals to a second threshold. The encoding method further includes adding the first color value into an initial color table when the second number of pixels is less than the second threshold. An encoder is also provided in the disclosure.

Abstract: A memory apparatus and a data access method thereof are provided. The memory apparatus includes a first memory unit and a second memory unit, wherein an access speed of the second memory unit is higher than an access speed of the first memory unit. The method includes: receiving write data and a corresponding write address; comparing the write data with data corresponding to the write address in the second memory unit, so as to determine whether to write the write data into a current physical memory page of the first memory unit and into the second memory unit; after a data writing operation is executed, executing a data arranging operation on the current physical memory page according to the data in the second memory unit when the current physical memory page is full; and when a read command is received, reading the corresponding data in the second memory unit.