Abstract: A method and apparatus of adaptive interpolation filter for motion compensation with fractional-pixel accuracy are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention generate interpolated reference samples at non-integer locations based on existing reference samples in a reference block by using an interpolation filter set adaptively according to pixel location and/or pixel characteristics. A current block is then encoded or decoded using a temporal predictor including the interpolated reference samples. The adaptive interpolation filter can be applied to the prediction unit (PU). In one embodiment, the interpolation filter set consists of interpolation filters having different filter lengths. An interpolation filter with a longer tap length is applied to generate interpolated reference samples farther from the block boundary and an interpolation filter with a shorter tap length is applied to generate interpolated reference samples closer to the block boundary.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for motion information coding using a refined Merge mode are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention not only uses the Merge index to indicate the selected Merge candidate, but also refines partial motion information of the selected Merge candidate. An encoder according to the present invention derives a Merge candidate set based on the motion information associated with neighboring blocks. The encoder selects a target Merge candidate from the Merge candidate set and signal a Merge index corresponding to the target Merge candidate. The encoder then predicts a part of the current motion information based on partial motion information associated with the target Merge candidate to generate coded motion information. The process for a decoder incorporating the refined Merge mode is also disclosed.

Abstract: Movement (204) of an object is detected and, based on the detected movement, imaging of the object is selectively commenced (228). The imaging is interrupted such that the commencing and interrupting result in temporally spaced apart (216) periods of the imaging. Content of images acquired in respectively different periods is compared (238), to match the images based on content. The movement may have a cyclical component. The object may include body tissue for ablating by applying energy from an energy source. The images to be compared can depict respective regions of the ablating, with the comparing being confined to outside the regions. The detecting, the selecting, the comparing, and the matching may be performable in real time. In one embodiment, an image has portions having respective spatial locations, and respective temperature values at the locations of the object are determined in forming a temperature map of the image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) for a motion vector (MV) of a current block of a current picture in Inter, or Merge, or Skip mode. The method selects a co-located block corresponding to a co-located picture and receives one or more reference motion vectors (MVs) of one or more co-located reference blocks associated with the co-located block. The method also determines a search set and determines a search order for the search set, if the search MV corresponding to the given reference list is not available, the search order then searches the search MV corresponding to a reference list different from the given reference list. Finally, the method determines the MVP for the current block based on the search set and the search order and provides the MVP for the current block.

Abstract: The present invention provides an intake circulatory system for a zinc air fuel cell, including a housing, a zinc air cell, an air supply system and an air collecting system. The housing is partitioned on the inside of the intake circulatory system for a zinc air fuel cell to form a first space and a second space. The zinc air cell is assembled on the inside of the housing, and includes a discharging region that is located in the first space and a charging region that is located in the second space. Moreover, the air supply system includes an air supply device and an air intake device that is in connection with the air supply device and the first space. In addition, the air collecting system includes an air collecting device that is in connection with the air intake device, and at least one air output pipe exists in between the air collecting device and the second space.

Abstract: A method of power saving for storage device with device queue management is proposed. A host controller is allowed to send commands or signals to a storage device, which will be notified to go to a low power stare or SLEEP mode, even when there are pending tasks left in a device queue waiting for execution. Similarly, the storage device is allowed to keep pending tasks before go to sleep and then restore the pending tasks by pushing the pending tasks back into the device queue again after waking up. Alternatively, the storage device notifies the host controller the number of pending tasks left in the device queue before go to sleep. The storage device can simply be awaken with an empty queue and the host controller will restart task queueing for the number of notified pending tasks again.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting chip comprises: a light-emitting stack, having a side wall, comprising an active layer emitting light; and a light-absorbing layer having a first portion surrounding the side wall and being configured to absorb 50% light toward the light-absorbing layer.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench includes a handle, a head, a movable jaw, a bumper member, and an adjusting assembly. The head is connected to the handle and includes a fixed jaw, a guiding slot, and a receiving slot interconnected with the guiding slot. The movable jaw is slidably connected to the guiding slot along an axis and includes a gripping portion, a guiding portion spaced from the gripping portion, and a first connecting portion formed in the guiding portion. The bumper member includes a bumper portion and a second connecting portion spaced from the bumper portion. The second connecting portion is detachably connected to the first connecting portion. The adjusting assembly is positioned in the receiving slot and includes a worm gear engaged with the guiding portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of compounds from Antrodia cinnamomea mycelia and mixtures comprising the compounds. The novel uses comprise whitening skin, combating skin ageing, reducing scar formation, inducing or enhancing liver regeneration, or treating fibrosis or a fibrosis-associated disorder in a subject in need thereof. The compounds have the formula and preferably are selected from 3-isobutyl-4-[4-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)phenyl]furan-2,5-dione, 3-isobutyl-4-[4-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)phenyl]-1H-pyrrol-2,5-dione, 3-isobutyl-4-[4-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)phenyl]-1H-pyrrol-1-ol-2,5-dione, 3R*,4S*-1-hydroxy-3-isobutyl-4-[4-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)phenyl]pyrrolidine-2,5-dione, and 3R*,4R*-1-hydroxy-3-isobutyl-4-[4-(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)phenyl]pyrrolidine-2,5-dione.

Abstract: A method for decoding of a video bitstream including receiving coded data for a 2N×2N coding unit (CU) from the video bitstream, selecting one or more first codewords according to whether asymmetric motion partition is disabled or enabled, selecting one or more second codewords when a size of the 2N×2N CU is equal to a smallest CU size, wherein none of the second codewords corresponds to INTER N×N partition when N is 4, determining a CU structure for the 2N×2N CU from the video bitstream using the first codewords or the second codewords, and decoding the video bitstream using the CU structure. A corresponding method for encoding a 2N×2N coding unit of video data is also disclosed.

Abstract: A high-frequency package comprises a ground lead occupying a side of the high-frequency package; and a signal lead comprising at least a protrusion protruding from a central portion of the signal lead; wherein the ground lead and the signal lead perform as a transmission line, and the at least a protrusion forms capacitance of the transmission line.

Abstract: A high-frequency package comprises a die; a plurality of leads; and a die pad; wherein a surface of the die pad is lower than top surfaces of the plurality of leads, the die is disposed on the die pad with the lower surface, such that a top surface of the die is substantially aligned with the top surfaces of the plurality of leads.

Abstract: An image analysis method and an apparatus thereof for assessment of PD (peritoneal dialysis) complications in peritoneal dialysis are provided. An analysis procedure is executed on an image under test of a dialysis bag, so as to obtain a color location in a color space corresponding to the image under test. A prompt signal is sent when the color locations obtained in a time period gradually become close to a disease warning range after executing the analysis procedure on a plurality of images under test.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) processing of video data in a video decoder are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a block of processed-reconstructed pixels associated with a picture from a media or a processor, wherein the block of processed-reconstructed pixels are decoded from a video bitstream; determining a SAO type index from the video bitstream, wherein the SAO type index is decoded according to truncated unary binarization, the SAO type index is decoded using CABAC (context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding) with one context, or the SAO type index is decoded by CABAC using a context mode for a first bin associated with the SAO type index and using a bypass mode for any remaining bin associated with the SAO type index; and applying SAO processing to the block of processed-reconstructed pixels based on SAO information including the SAO type index.

Abstract: A method of significance group flag coding is disclosed. The method includes: receiving one or more significance group flags associated with a TU (transform unit), wherein the TU is divided into one or more sub-blocks; and coding said one or more significance group flags based on context set selection, wherein the context set selection is associated with significance map coding of the sub-block, and the context set selection depends on horizontal sub-block index, vertical sub-block index, or both the horizontal sub-block index and the vertical sub-block index.

Abstract: A method of context-based adaptive binary arithmetic decoding for syntax elements of a coding unit coded by intra prediction is disclosed. The method includes receiving binary arithmetic coded bins associated with the coding unit, the coded bins includes a first part comprising regular bins associated with prediction units (PUs) partitioned from the coding unit and a second part comprising bypass bins associated with each PU, wherein the regular bins relate to an indication of intra prediction mode selection associated with each PU and the bypass bins relate to an index for a most probable mode and/or a remaining prediction mode associated with each PU; determining a first codeword comprising the regular bins and corresponding to a first syntax element for each PU; determining a second codeword comprising the bypass bins and corresponding to a second syntax element for each PU; and providing the first and second syntax elements for each PU.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for chroma intra prediction for a current chroma block with reduced line memory requirement are disclosed. The chroma intra predictor is derived from reconstructed luma pixels of a current luma block using a model with parameters. In various embodiments according to the present invention, the derivation of the parameters relies on a reconstructed luma pixel set corresponding to neighboring reconstructed luma pixels from causal luma neighboring areas of the current luma block, wherein said causal luma neighboring areas include a first area corresponding to reconstructed luma pixels above a horizontal luma block boundary on a top side of the current luma block, and wherein the reconstructed luma pixels from the first area that are included in the reconstructed luma pixel set are from a luma pixel line immediately above the horizontal luma block boundary.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for palette coding of a block of video data using a candidate prediction mode list with syntax redundancy removed are disclosed. In one embodiment, whether a redundant prediction mode exists in the candidate prediction mode list for the current samples of the current block is determined based on the candidate prediction mode list and the previous prediction mode associated with the previous samples. If the redundant prediction mode exists in the candidate prediction mode list, the redundant prediction mode is removed from the candidate prediction mode list to generate a reduced candidate prediction mode list. In another embodiment, whether a redundant predictor exists in a candidate predictor list for a current sample of the current block is determined based on a condition related to one or more predictors for the current sample of the current block.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for palette coding of a block of video data using a shared palette/palette prediction buffer are disclosed. The system receives a bitstream including compressed data associated with a current palette coded block and determines a palette predictor for the current palette coded block stored in a shared palette/palette predictor buffer. Reuse flags for entries of the current palette are used to update the current palette stored in the shared palette/palette predictor buffer. Any new signaled entry will be inserted to the shared palette/palette predictor buffer. An updated palette predictor for a next palette coded block is generated accordingly. A method of palette management and initialization for first palette-coded block in a high-level video structure is also disclosed. The high-level video structure may correspond to a slice, wavefront, sequence or picture.

Abstract: A waterproof housing including a frame structure and a waterproof structure is provided. The frame structure includes an opening. The waterproof structure is fixed on the frame structure and covers whole of the external surface and the opening of the frame structure. The waterproof structure includes a plurality of ribs extending toward the opening correspondingly and located in the opening. An electronic device is further provided including the waterproof housing and a keyboard module. The keyboard module includes a plurality of keys. The keyboard module is disposed under the waterproof housing and passes into the opening from an underside of the frame structure. The waterproof structure covers the keyboard module disposed in the opening and is fixed between the keys via the ribs. Therefore, the electronic device and the waterproof housing thereof have an improved water-proof function and are convenient in use.