Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra prediction method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise decoding information on intra prediction; and generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block based on the information on intra prediction. The information on intra prediction may include information on an intra prediction mode, and the intra prediction mode may include a curved intra prediction mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding and decoding method. A video decoding method for the same may include: obtaining granularity information; determining a sharing region based on the granularity information; and generating a prediction block of a current block by using motion information of the sharing region when the current block corresponds to the sharing region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for interlayer prediction, and the method for interlayer prediction, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deciding whether to apply an interlayer prediction to an enhancement layer; and performing a prediction on a current block of the enhancement layer based on reference information that is generalized and generated from a reference picture, which is decoded, of a reference layer, when the interlayer prediction is applied, wherein the reference layer information can be encoding information of a reference block, which corresponds to a current block of the enhancement layer, from the reference layer, and residual information.

Abstract: Provided is an aspiration catheter having a tubular shape and used to remove an embolus or a thrombus by being inserted into a blood vessel, and more particularly, a steerable and expandable aspiration catheter which may apply an effective aspiration force to an embolus or a thrombus by steering a distal tip of the catheter in a three-dimensional direction and expanding a diameter of the tip.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for predicting a second color component block using a first color component block are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving a prediction parameter using the first color component block, and predicting the second color component block using the derived prediction parameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method performing intra prediction according to the present invention may comprise dividing a current block into at least one sub-block; deriving an intra prediction mode for the at least one sub-block; constructing a reference sample for the intra prediction; and performing intra prediction for the at least one sub-block based on the derived intra prediction mode.

Abstract: A portable information handling system glass ceramic housing has a cut out section at an opening and a speaker chamber cover disposed in the opening to integrate a speaker at a bottom front side of the housing. A speaker coil couples to the housing section to align with a speaker magnet coupled to the speaker chamber cover to generate audible sound in a speaker chamber defined when the housing section couples over the opening. A polymer material is disposed between the housing section and housing, and the housing section is cut out with an upward curve, so that audible sound is directed upwards from the housing and towards an end user of the information handling system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a video. To this end, the method for decoding a video may include: generating a merge candidate list of a current block including at least one merge candidate corresponding to each of a plurality of reference picture lists; determining at least one piece of motion information by using the merge candidate list; and generating a prediction block of the current block by using the determined at least one piece of motion information.

Abstract: A method for coding image information includes generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit, and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information. When the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted. When the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted. At the generating of the prediction information, the prediction information is generated by using the information on the coding unit neighboring to the current coding unit.

Abstract: An ultraviolet emitting device according to the present disclosure includes a lamp for mounting a discharge gas and an ultraviolet emission source therein, and a plurality of yarns formed by extending and aggregating carbon nanotubes in a first direction, and includes a first electrode at least partially exposed to the discharge gas within the lamp. Accordingly, electron emission efficiency of the first electrode is improved to achieve high efficiency, and durability is also improved to provide a long-life device.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for fabricating a microrobot for delivery of a cell therapy product and a microrobot for delivery of a cell therapy product according thereto. A method for fabricating a microrobot for delivery of a cell therapy product is configured to comprise the steps of: coating a magnetic material with a coating material capable of promoting adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of stem cells; and internalizing or attaching the coated magnetic material into stem cells. The microrobot for delivery of a cell therapy product, fabricated by the fabrication method, is configured to comprise: a stem cell; a magnetic material attached to the surface of the stem cell or injected into the stem cell and enabling migration in response to an external magnetic field; and a coating material applied to the surface of the magnetic material and promoting attachment, proliferation, and differentiation of the stem cell.

Abstract: Provided is a device for monitoring degradation of wastewater from nuclear power plant decontamination. The device for monitoring degradation of wastewater from nuclear power plant decontamination comprises a UV reactor connected to a first flow path and for UV-treating introduced wastewater; a wastewater degradation flow path for supplying the wastewater discharged from the UV reactor to the first flow path; a wastewater degradation detecting unit for analyzing components of the wastewater supplied from the wastewater degradation flow path and detecting whether a set condition is satisfied; and a purification flow path for purifying and supplying the wastewater supplied from the UV reactor to the first flow path when the set condition is satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is a transform coefficient scan method including: determining a reference transform block for a decoding target block; deriving a scanning map of the decoding target block using scanning information of the reference transform block; and performing inverse scanning on a transform coefficient of the decoding target block using the derived scanning map. According to the present invention, picture encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method performing intra prediction according to the present invention may comprise dividing a current block into at least one sub-block; deriving an intra prediction mode for the at least one sub-block; constructing a reference sample for the intra prediction; and performing intra prediction for the at least one sub-block based on the derived intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the reduction of both radio frequency (RF) noise and photoacoustic artefacts in differential photoacoustic radar imaging through a multi-step electrical and optical domain calibration method. An example two-step calibration method involves reducing RF image noise via an initial calibration step that involves the control of the relative amplitudes and phases of electrical driving modulation waveforms, while a second calibration step involves the differential suppression of photoacoustic artefact signals via tuning, in the optical domain, of the relative intensity the optical beams that are delivered to the sample. Another example embodiment involves the use of the standard deviation of the unwrapped phase that is obtained, after performing frequency-domain cross-correlation and an inverse transform to the time domain, to improve the amplitude signal that is employed to generate a differential photoacoustic radar image.

Abstract: Provided are an encoding device using predictive coding in a screen and a method thereof, and a decoding device and a method thereof. The encoding device is capable of generating a prediction block of a current block according to one of methods for generating a plurality of predetermined prediction blocks, and outputting at least one of encoding information and differential blocks as bitstream by entropy encoding according to whether differential blocks are encoded or not.