Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus, including a winding-structured electrode assembly, an end of a first electrode plate is provided with a first zone connected to a first tab, an end of a second electrode plate is provided with a second zone connected to a second tab. Along a winding direction from inside to outside, the first electrode plate is located on the inner side of the electrode assembly relative to the second electrode plate, and the first zone exceeds the second zone by a winding length of less than one turn. An angle between a half line from a winding center to a center of the first zone and a half line from the winding center to a center of the second zone is ?, 30°???270°. An effective current path length of the outermost turn of the first electrode plate is extended, thereby reducing a magnetic field produced by the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intra sub-partition (ISP) method of encoding a video signal.

Abstract: A method of encoding video data includes obtaining a parameter set associated with a non-skip mode coded block; signaling a first syntax element in a bitstream; signaling a second syntax element in the bitstream; and signaling a third syntax element in the bitstream. The method further includes encoding video data corresponding to the non-skip mode coded block using palette mode when the first syntax element has a first value and the third syntax element has the first value; encoding the video data corresponding to the non-skip mode coded block using intra prediction mode when the first syntax element has the first value and the third syntax element has a second value; encoding the video data corresponding to the non-skip mode coded block using inter prediction mode when the first syntax element has the second value; and transmitting the video data corresponding to the non-skip mode coded block via the bitstream.

Abstract: A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by receiving a bitstream corresponding to video data encoding one or more pictures, wherein the one or more pictures are recursively partitioned into a plurality of groups at different partition levels; determining a first syntax element that corresponds to a first group of the plurality of groups; in accordance with a determination that the first syntax element has a first value: decoding the first group in a first mode; and in accordance with a determination that the first syntax element has a second value: determining a respective second syntax element for each of one or more second groups within the first groups, wherein the one or more second groups are at a second partition level below the first partition level; and decoding each of the one or more second groups in accordance with a value of the respective second syntax element.

Abstract: A method for video coding is provided, including: providing a motion vector (MV) rounding process that is configured to perform a MV rounding operation; applying the MV rounding process to at least a first MV used in a first prediction tool selected from a first set of tools including: pair-wise merge candidate, triangle prediction mode, and affine mode; and applying the MV rounding process to at least a second MV used in a second prediction tool selected from a second set of tools including: temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP), alternative temporal motion vector prediction (ATMVP), and merge mode with motion vector differences (MMVD).

Abstract: A keyboard including a backlight module, a base plate disposed on the backlight module, a membrane circuit disposed on the base plate, and a plurality of keycaps disposed on the membrane circuit is provided. The backlight module includes a light source and a reflective layer. The light source and a corresponding circuitry are arranged on the reflective layer, and a circuitry connecting portion extends from the reflective layer. The base plate has a positioning portion with an aperture, and a portion of the reflective layer contacts the base plate or the positioning portion.

Abstract: An electrochemical biosensor has an electrode which is sequentially decorated a molybdenum (VI) oxide (MoO3) nanomaterial, a gold-composite nanomaterial, a carboxyl-sulfhydryl compound, and a carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide (EDC/NHS, EN) to modify the surface of the electrode. That the sulfhydryl group of the carboxyl-sulfhydryl compound forms a bond with the gold-composite nanomaterial, and the carbodiimide/N-hydroxybutanediimide forms a bond with a carboxyl group of the carboxyl-sulfhydryl compound.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for video coding. The method includes: partitioning video pictures into a plurality of coding units (CUs), at least one of which is further partitioned into two prediction units (PUs) including at least one geometric shaped PU; obtaining a first merge list including a plurality of candidates, each including one or more motion vectors; and obtaining a uni-prediction merge list for the geometric shaped PU by selecting the one or more motion vectors directly from the first merge list.

Abstract: Methods of selectively applying Bi-directional Optical Flow (BDOF) and Decoder-side Motion Vector Refinement (DMVR) on inter mode coded blocks employed in video coding standards, such as the now-current Versatile Video Coding (VVC) design, are performed at a computing device. In one method, when a current block is eligible for both applications of DMVR and BDOF based on a plurality of pre-defined conditions, the computing device uses a pre-defined criterion to classify the current block and then uses the classification in applying either BDOF or DMVR, but not both, on the block.

Abstract: A wireless transmission method and a transceiver for wireless transmission are disclosed. According to this method, information to be transmitted and transmission control information are encoded into packet length information of wireless frames for transmission, wherein the transmission control information is filled into synchronization packets, sequence number packets and data packets, and the information to be transmitted is only filled into the data packets. Specifically, the method includes sequentially polling data for transmission in units of transmission sequences, and longitudinally encoding the information to be transmitted and data check information into the data packets. The transmission sequences are separated and sorted by the synchronization packets and the sequence number packets, and the data packets are sorted by sequence number fields in the transmission sequence.

Abstract: A method of bandwidth part (BWP) management for a network is provided. Position information of user equipments is received. Whether interference exists between any two of the user equipments is determined based on the position information of the user equipments and the position information of the base stations to obtain an interference status of the user equipments. Interference exists between user equipment(s) of any two base stations in each of the at least one base station combination. Interference exists between a first user equipment and a second user equipment in a first base station combination. BWP resource allocation is performed based on the at least one base station combination and the interference status of the user equipments to obtain a BWP resource allocation result. The first user equipment is assigned with a first BWP frequency band and the second user equipment is assigned with a second BWP frequency band.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a video decoding apparatus and method for transform coefficient sign prediction on a video decoder side. The method may include generating a plurality of candidate hypotheses for a set of candidate transform coefficients associated with a transform block of a video frame from a video. The method may further include selecting a hypothesis from the plurality of candidate hypotheses as a set of predicted signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients, wherein the hypothesis is selected based on a cost function calculated by extrapolating neighboring samples of the transform block in an extrapolation direction determined based on a dominant gradient direction. The method may also include estimating original signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients based on the set of predicted signs and a sequence of sign signaling bits received from a video encoder.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a video processing apparatus and method for bilateral filtering in video coding. The video processing method may include receiving, by one or more processors, a reconstructed block for in-loop filtering. The reconstructed block is reconstructed from a video block of a video frame from a video. The video processing method may also include applying, by the one or more processors, a bilateral filtering scheme to the reconstructed block to generate a plurality of bilateral filtering offsets for a plurality of reconstructed samples in the reconstructed block. The video processing method may further include generating, by the one or more processors, a plurality of filtered samples based on the plurality of bilateral filtering offsets. The plurality of filtered samples are used as inputs to subsequent adaptive loop filtering.

Abstract: Semiconductor packages and methods for metallization of non-conducting surfaces for fabricating semiconductor packages are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes depositing an adhesion layer on a polymeric surface by an electroless deposition process. The polymeric surface defines a sidewall of a through-hole via and the adhesion layer comprises a cobalt alloy or a nickel alloy. The method further includes depositing a copper seed layer on the adhesion layer by an immersion plating process. The copper seed layer displaces a portion of the adhesion layer. The method further includes filling the through-hole via with a copper containing layer.

Abstract: Methods are provided for video coding. The method includes: partitioning video pictures into a plurality of coding units (CUs), at least one of which is further partitioned into two prediction units (PUs) including at least one geometric shaped PU; obtaining a first merge list including a plurality of candidates, each including one or more motion vectors; and obtaining a uni-prediction merge list for the geometric shaped PU by selecting the one or more motion vectors directly from the first merge list.

Abstract: The non-destructive fastener clip is a suitable aftermarket replacement for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) trim clip. These OEM trim clips often break upon disassembly from removing an automotive trim panel from an automotive fixture. The non-destructive fastener clip assembly contains an anchor fastener, and a fastener clip. The anchor fastener comprises an anchoring element and a receiving element. The fastener clip comprises an upper fastener portion, a lower fastener portion, at least one connecting element, and at least one latching element. The anchoring element is connected terminally adjacent to the receiving element. The at least one connecting element is distributed about the lower fastener portion. The at least one latching element is distributed about the upper fastener portion. Each of the at least one connecting element is connected adjacent to the receiving element.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video signal, including: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame that includes a first component, and a second component; selecting an edge direction across a collocated sample of the first component or a current sample of the second component relative to the respective sample of the second component; calculating a first edge strength determining a difference between values of two samples from the group consisting of the collocated or current sample, a first neighbouring sample, and a second neighbouring sample; quantizing the first edge strength into M segments according to M-1 threshold values; determining the classifier for the respective sample of the second component based on the M segments; determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the second component according to the classifier; and modifying the respective sample of the second component based on the determined sample offset.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder identifies a floating-point division operation to be performed to derive parameters in decoder-side intra mode derivation (DIMD) mode or in template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD) mode; and the decoder obtains the parameters in the DIMD mode or the TIMD mode by replacing the floating-point division operation with integer additions and multiplications based on a look-up-table (LUT).