Abstract: A battery core connecting assembly and a battery are provided in this disclosure. The battery core connecting assembly is configured for connecting a core of a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery includes a top cover, and the battery core connecting assembly includes an adapting piece and a connecting piece which at least in part includes a single-layer structure. The adapting piece includes a first tongue and a second tongue which are connected with each other, the first tongue is configured to be welded with the core, the adapting piece is pliable at a pliable part of the first tongue and the second tongue, and the adapting piece has a multi-layer structure at least at the pliable part. The connecting piece is connected with the second tongue of the adapting piece, and the connecting piece is welded with the top cover at a position of the single-layer structure.

Abstract: According to a method for Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) processing of reconstructed video, multiple indicators are signaled in slice at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side, where the multiple indicators are Adaptive Parameter Set (APS) indices associated with temporal ALF filter sets for the ALF processing. A current indicator is determined from the multiple indicators, where the current indicator is used to select a current ALF filter set. Filtered-reconstructed pixels are derived for the current block by applying the current ALF filter to the current block. In another method, if the ALF processing applied at a target sample requires an outside sample on other side of a target virtual boundary from the target sample, the outside sample is replaced by a padded sample.

Abstract: A method for preparing low-background cement includes: uniformly mixing a seed crystal of cement, C4AF whiskers, and high-magnesium raw material to yield a first mixture, calcining the first mixture at 1400-1500° C., to yield a low-background clinker, the first mixture including 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the seed crystal of cement, 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the C4AF whiskers, and the balance is the high-magnesium raw material; and grinding a second mixture of the low-background clinker and gypsum, to yield low-background cement. The seed crystal of cement is a high-magnesium and low hydration heat clinker, has a specific activity of Ra-226 radioactive nuclides within 50 Bq/kg, and the MgO content of the clinker is between 4.0 wt. % and 5.0 wt. %, with 50 wt. % <C3S <55.0 wt. %; and the high-magnesium raw material has a MgO content between 2.5 wt. % and 3.0 wt. %.

Abstract: A capsule endoscope, an endoscope system, and an image correction method are provided. The capsule endoscope includes an image sensor and a posture sensor. The image sensor is coupled to a processor and obtains a sensed image. The posture sensor is coupled to the processor and obtains three-axis data. The processor calculates a screen rotation angle according to the three-axis data and corrects the sensed image according to the screen rotation angle. A first axis and a second axis of the corrected sensed image rotate toward an actual vertical axis and an actual horizontal axis.

Abstract: The present application discloses a light sensor circuit, which comprises a photodiode and a capacitor unit. The cathode of the photodiode is controlled by a capacitive unit to maintain the same or close voltage level as the anode of the photodiode, which significantly reduces the effect of the dark current of the photodiode. Thus, the light sensor circuit can effectively maintain the performance and accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter applying the light sensor circuit. The circuit design difficulty and manufacturing cost are also significantly reduced.

Abstract: Probe systems including imaging devices with objective lens isolators and related methods are disclosed herein. A probe system includes an enclosure with an enclosure volume for enclosing a substrate that includes one or more devices under test (DUTs), a testing assembly, and an imaging device. The imaging device includes an imaging device objective lens, an imaging device body, and an objective lens isolator. In examples, the probe system includes an electrical grounding assembly configured to restrict electromagnetic noise from entering the enclosure volume. In examples, methods of preparing the imaging device include assembling the imaging device such that the imaging device objective lens is at least partially electrically isolated from the imaging device body. In some examples, utilizing the probe system includes testing the one or more DUTs while restricting electrical noise from propagating from the imaging device to the substrate.

Abstract: A recognition method includes the following steps. A text is analyzed by a language recognition network to generate an entity feature, a relation feature and an overall feature. An input image is analyzed by an object detection network to generate candidate regions. Node features, aggregated edge features and compound features are generated by an enhanced cross-modal graph attention network according to the entity feature, the relation feature, the candidate regions and the overall feature. The entity feature and the relation feature are matched to the node features and the aggregated edge features to generate the first scores. The overall feature is matched to the compound features to generate second scores. Final scores corresponding to the candidate regions are generated according to the first scores and the second scores.

Abstract: A foldable torque tool is provided, including a handle, a driving member and a blocking structure. The driving member is rotatably disposed on the handle. The blocking structure has a first blocking unit and a second blocking unit. The first blocking unit is disposed on the handle. The second blocking unit is disposed on the driving member. When the driving member is in an unfolded position, the first blocking unit is blocked with the second blocking unit, and then the driving member is non-rotatable to a folded position.

Abstract: Video encoding methods and apparatuses in a video encoding system receive an input residual signal of a current block by a shared transform circuit, apply horizontal transform and vertical transform by a shared transform circuit to generate transform coefficients, apply quantization and inverse quantization to generate recovered transform coefficients, apply inverse vertical transform and inverse horizontal transform to the recovered transform coefficients by the shared transform circuit to generate a reconstructed residual signal for the current block, and encode the current block based on quantized levels of the current block. The shared transform circuit and a coefficient buffer in the folded 4-time transform architecture reuse computation resources in each transform stage. In some embodiments of the folded 4-time transform architecture, a hierarchical design for block size grouping is implemented with fixed throughput for uniform hardware scheduling.

Abstract: An evaluation method of sleep quality and a computing apparatus related to sleep quality are provided. In the evaluation method, sensing data is obtained. The sensing data is generated based on a radar echo. The sensing data is transformed into feature data. The feature data includes a statistic of a plurality of feature points on a waveform of the radar echo. Sleep quality information is determined according to the feature data. Accordingly, sleep quality may be evaluated through non-touch sensing.

Abstract: A data predicting method and apparatus are provided. In the method, distances between a predicting data and multiple data groups are determined. A first machine learning model corresponding the data group having the shortest distance with the predicting data is selected from multiple machine learning models. The predicting data is predicted through the first machine learning model. Those machine learning models are trained by using different data groups, respectively.

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate having a die mount portion and lead portions spaced from the die mount portion; a semiconductor die over the die mount portion having bond pads on an active surface facing away from the package substrate; non-gold bond wires forming electrical connections between at least one of the bond pads and one of the lead portions of the package substrate; a bond stitch on bump connection formed between one of the non-gold bond wires and a bond pad of the semiconductor die, comprising a stitch bond formed on a flex stud bump; and dielectric material covering a portion of the package substrate, the semiconductor die, the non-gold bond wires, the stitch bond and the flex stud bump, forming a packaged semiconductor device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes disposing a plurality of a first type of light sensing units on a substrate; and disposing a plurality of a second type of light sensing units arranged on the substrate. Each of the first type of light sensing units is operable to receive less radiation than each of the second type of light sensing units. At least one of the second type of light sensing units is adjacent to a portion of at least one of the first type of light sensing units. The method includes disposing a first isolation structure between one of the first type of light sensing units and one of the second type of light sensing units; and disposing a second isolation structure between the adjacent first type of light sensing units. The method includes disposing a reflective layer above the first type of light sensing units.

Abstract: The panel driving circuit includes a channel circuit, first pads, first switches, a second pad, and at least one second switch. The first pads are configured to be electrically connected to data lines of a cholesteric liquid crystal (CHLC) panel respectively. Each first switch has a first terminal electrically connected to the channel circuit, and a second terminal electrically connected to one of the first pads. Each second switch has a first terminal electrically connected to the second pad, and a second terminal electrically connected to the first pads. In a pixel charging period, the first switches are turned on, and the second switch is turned off. In a test period, the first switch is turned off, the second switch is turned on, and the second pad is configured to receive a measurement signal for measuring capacitance of pixels in the CHLC panel.

Abstract: An exposed tube cold plate structure includes a plate body and a water cooling tube. The plate body is formed with a groove. The water cooling tube is pressed and inlaid in the groove. The water cooling tube has a water cooling tube passage for a working medium to flow through. The water cooling tube passage has a passage inner wall. Multiple raised bodies and multiple channels are annularly alternately disposed on the passage inner wall for greatly enlarging the contact area between the passage inner wall and the working medium. In addition, the working medium flows through the water cooling tube passage in a state of turbulent flow so as to enhance the heat exchange amount of the cold plate.

Abstract: A system for performing ablation includes an ablation device (102) configured to ablate tissue in accordance with control parameters and configured to make measurements during the ablation process. An imaging system (104) is configured to measure an elastographic related parameter to monitor ablation progress. A parameter estimation and monitoring module (115) is configured to receive the measurements from the ablation device and/or the elastographic related parameter to provide feedback to adaptively adjust imaging parameters of the imaging device at different times during an ablation process.

Abstract: Video encoding methods and apparatuses include receiving reconstructed video samples, determining an initial clipping setting for ALF coefficients, deriving clipping setting candidates from the initial clipping setting. ALF coefficients for the initial clipping setting and the clipping setting candidates are derived by solving inverse matrices, where partial intermediate results of solving ALF coefficients are shared by two or more clipping settings. A distortion value corresponds to the derived ALF coefficients for each clipping setting is computed, and final clipping indices for final ALF coefficients are determined according to the distortion values. ALF filtering is applied to the reconstructed video samples based on the final ALF coefficients and the final clipping indices.

Abstract: An augmented reality screen system includes an augmented reality device and a host. The augmented reality device is configured to take a physical mark through a camera. The host is configured to receive the physical mark, determine position information and rotation information of the physical mark, and fetch a virtual image from a storage device through a processor of the host. The processor transmits an adjusted virtual image to the augmented reality device according to the position information and the rotation information, and the augmentation device projects the adjusted virtual image to a display of the augmented reality device. The adjusted virtual image becomes a virtual extended screen, and the virtual extended screen and the physical mark are simultaneously displayed on the display of the augmented reality device.

Abstract: Video encoding methods and apparatuses in a video encoding system receive an input residual signal of a current block by a shared transform circuit, apply horizontal transform and vertical transform by a shared transform circuit to generate transform coefficients, apply quantization and inverse quantization to generate recovered transform coefficients, apply inverse vertical transform and inverse horizontal transform to the recovered transform coefficients by the shared transform circuit to generate a reconstructed residual signal for the current block, and encode the current block based on quantized levels of the current block. The shared transform circuit and a coefficient buffer in the folded 4-time transform architecture reuse computation resources in each transform stage. In some embodiments of the folded 4-time transform architecture, a hierarchical design for block size grouping is implemented with fixed throughput for uniform hardware scheduling.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an elastic paint is provided. The manufacturing method includes: blending an original composition to produce a first rough painting material, where the original composition includes polycarbonatediol (PCDL), a polyurethane (PU) elastic powder, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), a photoinitiator, a wetting agent, a solvent, and an auxiliary agent; carrying out precipitation treatment on the first rough painting material, and filtering the treated first rough painting material, to produce a second rough painting material; blending the second rough painting material; sealing the blended second rough painting material to produce a plurality of layers in the second rough painting material; removing an upper portion and a lower portion from the layers to produce a main ingredient; and adding a curing agent and a diluent into the main ingredient to produce an elastic paint.