Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing sinapoyl malate comprising the steps of (a) (i) reacting syringaldehyde with acetic acid anhydride and an alkali metal acetate; or (ii) reacting sinapinic acid with acetic acid anhydride, and (b) cleaving the anhydride of the acetyl protected reaction product of (a) by exposing to water and an aliphatic alcohol to form protected sinapinic acid, (c) esterifyinig the protected sinapinic acid by reacting with an alkyl protected carboxylic acid ester to form protected sinapoyl malate, and (d) reacting the protected sinapoyl malate with aqueous acid to yield sinapoyl malate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a matrix device and an operation method thereof. The matrix device includes a transpose circuit and a memory. The transpose circuit is configured to receive a first element string representing a native matrix from a matrix source, wherein all elements in the native matrix are arranged in the first element string in one of a “row-major manner” and a “column-major manner”. The transpose circuit transposes the first element string into a second element string, wherein the second element string is equivalent to an element string in which all elements of the native matrix are arranged in another one of the “row-major manner” and the “column-major manner”. The memory is coupled to the transpose circuit to receive the second element string.

Abstract: A method for video coding is provided. The method includes: deriving an initial motion vector (MV) of a current block; deriving, by a decoder, an initial motion vector (MV) of a current block; determining, by the decoder, cost values for the initial MV and each of a plurality of MV candidates; obtaining, by the decoder, updated cost values by decreasing a cost value for the initial MV or increasing cost values for the MV candidates; and deriving, by the decoder, a refined MV based on the updated cost values.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a housing, a sheet cassette, a second roller, a gear train, a pendulum gear, and a stop member. The gear train includes a gear rotatable together with the second roller. The pendulum gear is movable between a meshing position where the pendulum gear is in meshing engagement with the gear train and a separated position where the pendulum gear is separated away from the gear train. The stop member allows the pendulum gear to move from the separated position to the meshing position. In the state where the sheet cassette is at an internal position and the stop member is at the second position, the stop member is out of contact with a part of the sheet cassette in a first direction but contacts the part of the sheet cassette in a second direction.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder receives a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) rice extension flag that indicates whether an extension of rice parameter derivation for binarization of abs_remainder and dec_abs_level is enabled. In a second method, the decoder may receive a Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) rice adaption enabled flag that indicates whether rice parameter derivation for binarization of abs_remainder and dec_abs_level is used.

Abstract: A slurry monitoring device, a CMP system and a method of in-line monitoring a slurry are provided. The slurry monitoring device incudes a slurry metrology cell, a plurality of light sources and at least one optical detector. The slurry metrology cell is configured to accommodating a slurry. The light sources are configured to emit light beams on the slurry in the slurry metrology cell. The light sources include a first light source configured to emit a first light beam having a first wavelength, and a second light source configured to emit a second light beam having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength. The at least one optical detector is configured to detect an intensity of the light beams scattered by abrasive particles in the slurry.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of updating an inter-predicted current block using a neighboring affine block. The electronic apparatus first identifies a pixel within the inter-predicted current block, the pixel having a first inter-predicted pixel value. Next, the electronic apparatus determines a motion vector difference for the pixel based on a set of affine parameters of the neighboring affine block and then a pixel value difference for the pixel according to the motion vector difference. The pixel value difference is an inner product of the pixel value gradient vector and the motion vector difference as the pixel value difference. Finally, the electronic apparatus updates the first inter-predicted pixel value with the pixel value difference as a second inter-predicted pixel value.

Abstract: A method of subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction is performed at a computing device. The computing device acquires a video bitstream including data associated with multiple encoded pictures. While decoding a current picture in the video bitstream, the computing device selects, according to syntax elements signaled in the video bitstream, one reference picture as a collocated picture of the current picture, and determines a temporal vector between the collocated picture and the current picture from motion information of spatially neighboring blocks of a current code unit (CU) according to a fixed order. Next, the computing device splits the current CU into multiple sub-CUs, obtains a temporal motion vector predictor for each sub-CU from the temporal vector and motion information of a block in the collocated picture that corresponds to a respective subblock of the current picture and decodes the current CU according to the temporal motion vector predictors.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for decoding a video block in GPM. The method includes: partitioning the video block into a first geometric partition and a second geometric partition; receiving a first template matching (TM) enable flag for the first geometric partition a second TM enable flag for the second geometric partition, the first TM enable flag indicating whether a uni-directional motion of the first geometric partition is refined by TM, and the second TM enable flag indicating whether a uni-directional motion of the second partition is refined by the TM; receiving a first merge GPM index for the first geometric partition and a second merge GPM index for the second geometric partition; constructing a uni-directional motion victor (MV) candidate list of the GPM; and generating a first uni-directional MV for the first geometric partition and a second uni-directional MV for the second geometric partition.

Abstract: Methods and devices for video decoding are provided. The method may include obtaining a plurality of coding blocks within a video frame, where the plurality of coding blocks may include at least one chroma coding block and a plurality of luma coding blocks. Further, the method may include determining whether to apply OBMC to the at least one chroma coding block and the plurality of luma coding blocks to generate prediction samples for the video frame in response to determining that a local chroma tree partition is applied to the plurality of coding blocks.

Abstract: Provided are catechol nanoparticles, catechol protein nanoparticles, and a preparation method and use thereof. The method includes: adding a tannin compound-containing natural herb medicine into water to obtain a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to heating reflux extraction to obtain a herb medicine extract and subjecting the herb medicine extract to fractionation to obtain the catechol nanoparticles.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, including a substrate, a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a gate structure, is provided. The substrate has an extra body portion and a fin protruding from a top surface of the substrate, wherein the fin spans the extra body portion. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are in the fin. The gate structure spans the fin, is located above the extra body portion, and is located between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to planarization of surfaces on substrates and on layers formed on substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to planarization of surfaces on substrates for advanced packaging applications, such as surfaces of polymeric material layers. In one implementation, the method includes mechanically grinding a substrate surface against a polishing surface in the presence of a grinding slurry during a first polishing process to remove a portion of a material formed on the substrate; and then chemically mechanically polishing the substrate surface against the polishing surface in the presence of a polishing slurry during a second polishing process to reduce any roughness or unevenness caused by the first polishing process.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for deriving constructed affine merge candidates. The method includes obtaining a first reference picture and a second reference picture associated with an inter mode coded block, where the first reference picture is before a current picture and the second reference picture is after the current picture in display order, obtaining a first motion vector from the inter mode coded block to a reference block in the first reference picture, obtaining a second motion vector from the inter mode coded block to a reference block in the second reference picture, applying bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) or decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) to the inter mode coded block based on a mode information of the inter mode coded block, and predicting a bi-prediction of the inter mode coded block based on the applied BDOF or DMVR.

Abstract: A method of video coding comprises independently generating a respective intra prediction for each of a plurality of corresponding sub-partitions. Each respective intra prediction is generated using a plurality of reference samples from a current coding block. Illustratively, no reconstructed sample from a first sub-partition of the plurality of corresponding sub-partitions is used to generate a respective intra prediction for any other sub-partition of the plurality of corresponding sub-partitions, and each of the plurality of corresponding sub-partitions has a width less than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A method of subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction is performed at a computing device. The computing device acquires a video bitstream including data associated with multiple encoded pictures. While decoding a current picture in the video bitstream, the computing device selects, according to syntax elements signaled in the video bitstream, one reference picture as a collocated picture of the current picture, and determines a temporal vector between the collocated picture and the current picture from motion information of spatially neighboring blocks of a current code unit (CU) according to a fixed order. Next, the computing device splits the current CU into multiple sub-CUs, obtains a temporal motion vector predictor for each sub-CU from the temporal vector and motion information of a block in the collocated picture that corresponds to a respective subblock of the current picture and decodes the current CU according to the temporal motion vector predictors.

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 photosensitive assembly includes a circuit board. The circuit board has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first through hole extending through the first surface and the second surface. A photosensitive chip is disposed on the second surface. The photosensitive chip has a photosensitive area and a non-photosensitive area connected to the photosensitive area, the non-photosensitive area is electrically connected to one side of the second surface, and the photosensitive area is exposed from the first through hole. A reinforcing plate is disposed on the first surface. A thermal conductive layer is disposed on the photosensitive chip, and the thermal conductive layer includes a silica gel or a metal.

Abstract: An embodiment for automatically controlling peripheral devices based on online meeting participant information. The embodiment may detect participants of an online meeting and generate a participant information table. The embodiment may generate a participant group table including one or more preliminary participant groups based on the participant information. The embodiment may generate and send audio through peripheral devices associated with at least one participant in each of the one or more preliminary participant groups to identify the participants in physically shared meeting spaces. The embodiment may update the participant group table to include confirmed participant groups based on the identified participants in the physically shared meeting spaces. The embodiment may determine a presenter for each of the confirmed participant groups and update the participant information.