Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for processing a task. The method includes, based on receiving target information sent by a user terminal for a plurality of candidate applications in a group chat, performing semantic analysis on the target information to generate a target task corresponding to the target information. The method includes identifying, based on the target task and the plurality of candidate applications, a target application corresponding to the target task; providing the target task to the target application to execute the target task; receiving task result information corresponding to the target task. The method includes generating, based on the task result information, target response information corresponding to the task result information; providing the target response information corresponding to the task result information on the user terminal.

Abstract: A display method and a display apparatus. The method includes: firstly, when an automatic backlight adjustment function of a display apparatus is enabled, measuring a target environment brightness of the environment where the display apparatus is located; then, the display apparatus determining, according to correspondences, between different environment brightnesses and backlight brightnesses, a target backlight brightness corresponding to an environment brightness sensed; and finally, the display apparatus adjusting the current backlight brightness according to the target backlight brightness.

Abstract: Disclosed are a suspending agent for a negative electrode slurry of a lithium ion battery and a preparation method and application thereof. The suspending agent for the negative electrode slurry comprises the following ingredients in parts by weight: 87 parts to 94 parts of main suspending agent, 0.1 part to 1 part of solubilizing agent, 5 parts to 8 parts of synergist, and 0.1 part to 1 part of pH value regulator. According to the invention, by adding the suspending agent into the negative electrode slurry of the lithium ion battery, a traditional negative electrode suspending agent sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (hereinafter referred to as CMC) material can be replaced, the suspending agent has better suspension stability compared with the CMC material, an amount of the suspending agent is reduced compared with the CMC material.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that detects an individual in a real-time multi-camera video feed and generates three-dimensional (3D) skeletal data based on the real-time multi-camera video feed. The technology may also automatically identify a frontal body orientation of an individual based on the 3D skeletal data and one or more anthropometric constraints.

Abstract: Techniques related to game focus estimation in team sports for multi-camera immersive video are discussed. Such techniques include selecting regions of a scene comprising a sporting event, generating a node graph and sets of features for the selected regions, and determining a game focus region of the selected regions by applying a graph node classification model based on the node graph and sets of features.

Abstract: A method for detecting word line shorts in a memory device includes: determining a region of interest (ROI) region in a bright voltage contrast (BVC) image for contact through-holes (CTs) of word lines in the memory device, the CTs comprising first CTs in at least one first word line that is electronically charged and second CTs in at least one second word line that is not electronically charged, and the ROI region comprising the at least one first word line; determining coordinates of each CT in the ROI region; reviewing a grayscale value at a position of the coordinates of each CT in the ROI region to determine whether the CT is a defective CT; and displaying the defective CT in response to the defective CT being determined.

Abstract: An anti-cavitation damping composite metal structure for a flow passage component and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: cladding a gradient functional material layer by layer on a substrate of a flow passage component; forming periodic structures on a surface of each layer of the gradient functional material through etching by an ultrafast laser to absorb a part of an impact load energy caused by cavitation of the flow passage component, where the layers of the gradient functional material form a gradient coating with a toughness increasing layer by layer and a hardness decreasing layer by layer from bottom to top; and forming nano twins on a surface layer by a laser shock peening technique, and implanting a residual compressive stress to further improve anti-cavitation resistance of a surface.

Abstract: A display method and a display apparatus. The method includes: firstly, when an automatic backlight adjustment function of a display apparatus is enabled, measuring a target environment brightness of the environment where the display apparatus is located; then, the display apparatus determining, according to correspondences, between different environment brightnesses and backlight brightnesses, a target backlight brightness corresponding to an environment brightness sensed; and finally, the display apparatus adjusting the current backlight brightness according to the target backlight brightness.

Abstract: A method for trajectory generation based on player tracking is described herein. The method includes determining a temporal association for a first player in a captured field of view and determining a spatial association for the first player. The method also includes deriving a global player identification based on the temporal association and the spatial association and generating a trajectory based on the global player identification.

Abstract: A method and system of automatically estimating a ball carrier in team sports.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating real-time multi-view detection of objects in multi-camera environments, according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes mapping first lines associated with objects to a ground plane; and forming clusters of second lines corresponding to the first lines such that an intersection point in a cluster represents a position of an object on the ground plane.

Abstract: A method for detecting paint defects on objects is provided. The method comprises: projecting a plurality of patterns on a surface of an object at a plurality of different pattern characteristics; capturing a plurality of images of the object based on projecting the plurality of patterns; inputting the plurality of images of the object into a machine learning model to determine whether the surface of the object includes one or more paint defects; and based on determining, an image, of the plurality of images, includes a paint defect, causing display of the image with the paint defect.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for determining a frontal body orientation. An embodiment of a method for determining a three-dimensional (3D) orientation of frontal body of a player comprises: detecting each of a plurality of players in each of a plurality of frames captured by a plurality of cameras; for each of the plurality of cameras, tracking each of the plurality of players between continuous frames captured by the camera; and associating the plurality of frames captured by the plurality of cameras to generate the 3D orientation of each of the plurality of players.

Abstract: Generally this disclosure describes a video communication system that replaces actual live images of the participating users with animated avatars. A method may include selecting an avatar; initiating communication; detecting a user input; identifying the user input; identifying an animation command based on the user input; generating avatar parameters; and transmitting at least one of the animation command and the avatar parameters.

Abstract: Techniques related to validating an image based 3D model of a scene are discussed. Such techniques include detecting an object within a captured image used to generate the scene, projecting the 3D model to a view corresponding to the captured image to generate a reconstructed image, and comparing image regions of the captured and reconstructed images corresponding to the object to validate the 3D model.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to extract features from image data obtained from a plurality of cameras, the extraction of features performed using a plurality of sequential neural network layers; in response to each of the plurality of sequential neural network layer extracting the features, identify the extracted features in a torso region of the image data via a plurality of attention modules; estimate body landmarks from image data to localize an area; generate an upper heatmap mask based on a geometric center of the image data; calculate a loss function for the image data based on a cross-entropy loss, a pixel-wise loss, and a triplet loss determined from the extracted features and the generated heatmap mask; select lowest correlated classes based on calculated correlations between pairs of a plurality of classes; and calculate voting scores for groups associated with the lowest correlated classes.

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that selects a player from a plurality of players based on an automated analysis of two-dimensional (2D) video data associated with a plurality of cameras, wherein the selected player is nearest to a projectile depicted in the 2D video data. The technology may also track a location of the selected player over a subsequent plurality of frames in the 2D video data and estimate a location of the projectile based on the location of the selected player over the subsequent plurality of frames.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating real-time multi-view detection of objects in multi-camera environments, according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes mapping first lines associated with objects to a ground plane; and forming clusters of second lines corresponding to the first lines such that an intersection point in a cluster represents a position of an object on the ground plane.

Abstract: Example gesture matching mechanisms are disclosed herein. An example machine readable storage device or disc includes instructions that, when executed, cause programmable circuitry to at least: prompt a user to perform gestures to register the user, randomly select at least one of the gestures for authentication of the user, prompt the user to perform the at least one selected gesture, translate the gesture into an animated avatar for display at a display device, the animated avatar including a face, analyze performance of the gesture by the user, and authenticate the user based on the performance of the gesture.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of battery equipment and electric vehicles, disclosing a battery pack liquid-cooled plate and a battery pack. A battery pack liquid-cooled plate comprises: a liquid-cooled bottom plate for bottom cooling of a battery, wherein a first cooling channel is provided in the liquid-cooled bottom plate; multiple liquid-cooled side plates used for side cooling of the battery, wherein a second cooling channel is provided in each liquid-cooled side plate, each liquid-cooled side plate and the liquid-cooled bottom plate are arranged perpendicular to each other, and a flow channel of each liquid-cooled side plate interconnects with each other through a multi-pass device to form a flow-channel structure.