Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop filter processing of video data in a video encoder or decoder are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention conditionally allow sharing of loop filter parameters. In one embodiment, sharing of loop filter information between the current block and a neighboring block is determined according to a condition. If the condition indicates that sharing of loop filter information is allowed, a merge flag is coded and incorporated in the video bitstream in an encoder, and a merge flag is parsed from the video bitstream and decoded in a decoder. In one embodiment, the condition depends on region partitioning of the picture, where region partitioning partitions the picture into regions and the region may correspond to a slice or a tile. The condition is set to indicate that sharing of loop filter information is allowed if the block and the neighboring block are in a same slice/tile.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide coloring methods that sort and pre-color nodes of G0-linked networks in a multiple-patterning technology (MPT)-compliant layout design by coordinate. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying target networks in a circuit layout, each target network having two or more linked nodes representing circuit patterns, and each target network being presented in an imaginary X-Y coordinate plane, assigning a first feature to a first node in each target network, the first node is determined using a coordinate-based method, and assigning the first feature and a second feature to remaining nodes in each target network in an alternating manner so that any two immediately adjacent linked nodes in each target network have different features.

Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to decode and/or encode video data. If the current coding block was using more than one hypotheses of prediction data to generate the prediction data, first prediction data is determined for a current coding block of a picture generated using a first prediction mode, and second prediction data is determined for the current coding block generated using a second prediction mode. Information derived from at least one of the first prediction mode and the second prediction mode can be stored. The stored information can be referenced by the subsequent coding blocks.

Abstract: A memory device receiving a host instruction generated by a host includes a flash memory array and a controller. The controller translates the host instruction into operation instructions, queues the operation instructions in a major command queue, and performs an operation on the flash memory array according to the operation instructions. When an error occurs during execution of the operation commands, the controller performs an error-handling process, queues operation commands related to the error-handling process in an auxiliary command queue, sequentially executes the operation commands in the auxiliary command queue, and stops executing the major command queue.

Abstract: An adaptive power supply system for an unmanned vehicle and an operation method thereof are provided. The adaptive power supply system includes an adaptive power supply, a battery, a sensing circuit, and a power dispatch controller. The output terminal of the adaptive power supply powers the load circuit of the unmanned vehicle. The battery is coupled to the output terminal of the adaptive power supply. The sensing circuit senses the output of the output terminal of the adaptive power supply and the output of the battery. The power dispatch controller controls the output of the output terminal of the adaptive power supply according to the sensing result of the sensing circuit. The power dispatch controller determines whether one or both of the adaptive power supply and the battery power the load circuit by adjusting the output of the adaptive power supply.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a rotating shaft extending along a center axis, a cylindrical rotor core provided outside the rotating shaft in a radial direction, and two discoid weight plates provided at two ends of the cylindrical rotor core in an axial direction, and a stator opposing the rotor in the radial direction. A radius of each weight plate is smaller than a radius of the rotor core, and a difference between the radius of the rotor core and the radius of each weight plate is larger than an air gap between an outside of the rotor core in the radial direction and an inside of the stator in the radial direction.

Abstract: Methods of adaptive transform type based on transform unit (TU) size for enhancement layer (EL) coding and multiple motion candidates for EL coding based on corresponding base layer (BL) video data are provided. One method selects a transform type from multiple allowable transform types based on the TU size and applies the selected transform type to the transform units of the inter-layer prediction processed data. Another method derives multiple motion candidates for the EL video data coded in Merge mode or Inter mode based on motion information associated with the corresponding BL video data.

Abstract: A method includes forming a spin-on carbon (SOC) layer over a target structure; chemically treating an upper portion of the SOC layer; forming a sacrificial layer over the SOC layer; performing a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process on the sacrificial layer until reaching the SOC layer, wherein the chemically treated upper portion of the SOC layer has a higher resistance to the CMP process than that of the sacrificial layer; forming a patterned photoresist layer over the SOC layer after the CMP process; and etching the target structure using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask.

Abstract: A terminal includes a conductive substrate and a printed circuit board that are disposed opposite to each other, a first slot is disposed in a direction from a first side edge of the conductive substrate to a center of the conductive substrate, and a projection of the printed circuit board on the conductive substrate is located inside the conductive substrate, and a first feeder is disposed inside the first slot, a first connection end of the first feeder is coupled to a lap joint of the first side edge, a second connection end of the first feeder is coupled to a first feeding source on the printed circuit board, and projections of the lap joint of the first side edge and the first feeding source on the conductive substrate are located on two sides of the first slot.

Abstract: A method for controlling a specific absorption rate (SAR) of a wireless communications device and a wireless communications device, and the wireless communications device includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The method includes transmitting, by the wireless communications device, a radio frequency signal using the first antenna, and stopping using the first antenna and starting transmitting the radio frequency signal using the second antenna when transmit power of the first antenna is greater than first preset power and a first time period elapses to enable the wireless communications device to meet an SAR standard. There is no backoff of antenna transmit power in a process of controlling the SAR of the wireless communications device. Therefore, communication quality of the wireless communications device is ensured while the SAR standard is met.

Abstract: A method for video coding includes receiving a prediction block (PB) of a picture, and determining a number of merge candidate positions of the PB according to a size of the PB. The merge candidate positions on sides of the PB can be determined according to the number of the merge candidate positions. A candidate list can be constructed that includes motion data of a subset of the merge candidate positions. In some examples, a number of the merge candidate positions on one side of the PB is determined according to a side length of the respective side, or a width-height ratio of the PB. In some examples, the merge candidate positions on one side of the PB overlap or are adjacent to points that equally divide the respective side.

Abstract: A method for fabricating bump structures on chips with a panel type process is provided. First, a panel type substrate is provided. Semiconductor chips are fixed on the panel type substrate. Each semiconductor chip includes metal pads and a passivation layer exposing the metal pads. At least an electroless plating process is performed to form under bump metallurgy structures on the metal pads. The method simplifies the processes of forming electrical connections for semiconductor chips. The panel type process can effectively increase the yield, and reduce the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A rotor is located around an outer periphery of a rotation shaft of a motor and rotates together with the rotation shaft. The rotor includes magnetic steel plates laminated in an axial direction and including a through-hole group passing therethrough in the axial direction. The through-hole group includes through-holes each including, as a central line, an imaginary line extending in the radial direction and having an arcuate shape extending from the central line to both sides and radially outward. The through-holes are arranged in the radial direction. Among the through-holes, a radius of curvature of an arcuate radially inner side surface of the radially innermost through-hole is the smallest, and/or a radius of curvature of an arcuate radially outer side surface of the radially outermost through-hole is the largest.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a substrate, a chip, bumps, an encapsulation layer and a thermal expansion-matching layer. The chip is located on a top surface of the substrate. The bumps electrically connect the chip and the inner connection pads of the substrate. The encapsulation layer covers the bumps, the chip and the top surface of the substrate. The thermal expansion-matching layer covers the whole top surface of the encapsulation layer, and exposes the side surfaces of the encapsulation layer. The thermal expansion coefficient of the thermal expansion-matching layer is different from that of the encapsulation layer. The side surface of the thermal expansion-matching layer is flush with that of the encapsulation layer. The thermal expansion-matching layer balances the inner stresses caused by the difference of the thermal expansion. Thus, the invention reduces the warpage problem of the formed package.

Abstract: An image analysis method is applied to estimating a mounting position of a camera and includes utilizing the camera to capture an image toward a target region. The image includes at least one object of interest. The object of interest has a pixel height in the image. The image analysis method further includes obtaining an inclining angle and a rolling angle of the camera relative to the target region, calculating a mounting height of the camera relative to the target region according to an input height and the pixel height of the object of interest, an image capturing parameter of the camera, the inclining angle and the rolling angle, and performing video content analysis on the image according to the image capturing parameter, the inclining angle, the rolling angle and the mounting height of the camera.

Abstract: A deadbolt lock assembly for engaging a door with a visual feedback feature on the exterior assembly of the lock. A plurality of LEDs may be positioned in a linear array on the exterior assembly and may illuminate in a sequence to communicate the movement of the latch when the latch moves away from a door jamb into a locked position. The plurality of LEDs may also illuminate in a sequence to communicate the movement of the latch when the latch moves toward a door jamb into an unlocked position. Additionally, the plurality of LEDs may also be illuminated in a pattern to communicate when the power level in the battery of the deadbolt lock assembly is low.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an interposer substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming an insulating protection layer having a phosphorus compound on a substrate body, thereby providing toughness and strength as required when the thickness of the interposer substrate becomes too thin, and preventing substrate warpage when the substrate has a shrinkage stress or structural asymmetries.

Abstract: A capacitor cell is provided. A first PMOS transistor is coupled between a power supply and a first node, having a gate coupled to a second node. A first NMOS transistor coupled between a ground and the second node, having a gate coupled to the first node. A second PMOS transistor, having a drain coupled to the second node, a gate coupled to the second node, and a source coupled to the power supply or the first node. A second NMOS transistor, having a drain coupled to the first node, a gate coupled to the first node, and a source coupled to the ground or the second node.

Abstract: A respiratory assistance apparatus is configured to provide a heated and humidified glow of gases and has a control system that is configured to detect a fault in the flow path. A flow path is provided for a gases stream through the apparatus from a gas inlet through a blower unit and humidification unit to a gases outlet. A flow rate sensor is provided in the flow path and is configured to sense the flow rate and generate an flow rate signal and/or a motor speed sensor is provided that is configured to sense the motor speed of the blower unit and generate an indicative motor speed signal.

Abstract: Transparent displays enable many useful applications, including heads-up displays for cars and aircraft as well as displays on eyeglasses and glass windows. Unfortunately, transparent displays made of organic light-emitting diodes are typically expensive and opaque. Heads-up displays often require fixed light sources and have limited viewing angles. And transparent displays that use frequency conversion are typically energy inefficient. Conversely, the present transparent displays operate by scattering visible light from resonant nanoparticles with narrowband scattering cross sections and small absorption cross sections. More specifically, projecting an image onto a transparent screen doped with nanoparticles that selectively scatter light at the image wavelength(s) yields an image on the screen visible to an observer. Because the nanoparticles scatter light at only certain wavelengths, the screen is practically transparent under ambient light.