Abstract: A method may include obtaining parameter information of a plurality of acquisition devices that communicate with the system to transmit video data to the system. The parameter information of each of the plurality of acquisition device may include transmission information of a target key frame of the video data of the acquisition device. The method may also include determining, based on the parameter information, whether there are collision key frames in the target key frames of the plurality of acquisition devices. The method may also include adjusting an original generation time of at least one of the collision key frames in response to determining that there are collision key frames, so that after the adjustment, there is no collision key frame in the target key frames of the plurality of acquisition devices.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for video decoding are disclosed. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information of a current block that is indicative of an intra block copy mode. The current block is in a current region of a plurality of regions of a current coding tree unit (CTU) in a current picture. The processing circuitry determines a block vector for the current block, a reference block indicated by the block vector being in a search range that excludes at least a region in a previously reconstructed CTU that is collocated with the current region of the current CTU, a position of the collocated region in the previously reconstructed CTU having a same relative position as the current region in the current CTU, the search range being in the current picture. The processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the current block according the block vector.

Abstract: An adjustment device, an air duct structure, an exhaust system, a dishwasher, and a method for controlling the dishwasher are provided. The adjustment device is applied in an exhaust system. The exhaust system has an exhaust channel with a second air inlet and a first air inlet. The adjustment device includes an adjustment mechanism and a controller. The adjustment mechanism is configured to, under control of the controller, respectively adjust a flow rate of a first gas entering the exhaust channel through the first air inlet and a flow rate of a second gas entering the exhaust channel through the second air inlet, to control a ratio of the first gas entering the exhaust channel to the second gas entering the exhaust channel. Humidity of the second gas is lower than humidity of the first gas.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an all-terrain vehicle. The all-terrain vehicle includes: a signal acquirer; an engine; an engine controller; a first differential; a first wheel; a driving motor; a motor controller; a battery power source electrically connected with the driving motor; a second differential in transmission connection with the driving motor; and second wheels in transmission connection with the second differential and are located at both lateral sides of the second differential. Therefore, by connecting and matching the first differential, the engine, the driving motor and the second differential with the corresponding components, the hybrid all-terrain vehicle allows intelligent four-wheel drive, reduces energy consumption, and has a compact and reasonable structure.

Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a fingerprint identification sensor, a first light shield layer disposed on the fingerprint identification sensor and a color film layer disposed on the first light shield layer, wherein the color film layer includes color filters with different colors and light transmission parts disposed between the color filters with different colors; the first light shield layer includes first openings and light shield parts, the light transmission parts and the first openings are used for allowing fingerprint reflected light to transmit and reach the fingerprint identification sensor, and the light shield parts are used for blocking out stray light.

Abstract: Described herein in various embodiments are compositions comprising (a) a cyclic peptide; and (b) an antisense compound, wherein the antisense compound targets exon 44 of the DMD gene in a pre-mRNA sequence.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains prediction information of a first block in a picture from a coded video bitstream, and generates reconstructed samples of the first block according to the prediction information and one of bi-directional prediction and uni-directional prediction. The processing circuitry adds motion information and a bi-prediction weight index of a History-based Motion Vector Prediction (HMVP) candidate to an HMVP list based on the prediction information of the first block and whether the first block is coded according to the bi-directional prediction or the uni-directional prediction. Further, the processing circuitry generates reconstructed samples of a second block in the picture based on a plurality of candidates that includes the HMVP candidate.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to encode a first block in a picture according to one of bi-directional prediction and uni-directional prediction. The processing circuitry is configured to add motion information and a bi-prediction weight index of a History-based Motion Vector Prediction (HMVP) candidate to an HMVP list based on whether the first block is encoded according to the bi-directional prediction or the uni-directional prediction, the bi-prediction weight index indicating bi-prediction weights of the bi-directional prediction for the first block when the first block is encoded according to the bi-directional prediction, and the bi-prediction weight index indicating a default value when the first block is encoded according to the uni-directional prediction.

Abstract: An optical system, an optical module, and a LiDAR device are provided. The optical system includes: a lens group, arranged sequentially along an optical axis from an object side to an image side; and an optical element, disposed on a transmission optical path of the lens group, the optical element having different focal lengths in a first direction and a second direction; where the first direction and the second direction have an included angle therebetween and are both perpendicular to the optical axis, and a focal length of the optical system in the first direction is different from a focal length of the optical system in the second direction.

Abstract: Memory modules and sockets are disclosed. An example memory module comprises a circuit board, a first row of connection pins disposed along an edge of the circuit board, and a second row of pins disposed adjacent to the first row of pins and further from the edge than the first row of pins.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for efficiently compressing a dynamic 3D model sequence based on 4D fusion. In some embodiments, comprising: storing a 3D model of one frame of the dynamic 3D model sequence as a reference model; determining an initial correspondence between vertices of the reference model and a target model to align the reference model and the target model by optimizing an energy function of the reference model so as to obtain initialized fusion parameters, wherein the target model is a 3D model of remaining frames of the dynamic 3D model sequence; and determining the final fusion parameters for deforming the reference model into the target model by iteratively optimizing the initialized fusion parameters.

Abstract: Methods and systems described herein relate to an improved platform that provides secure, encrypted communications across distributed computer networks when coordinating cryptography-based digital repositories in order to perform blockchain operations in decentralized applications. More specifically, the methods and systems provide this improved platform by introducing additional abstraction layers into a production service for computing signatures during multi-party computation (MPC) signing procedures.

Abstract: An improved scheme for intra-inter prediction mode and an adaptive intra-inter prediction mode for video coding/decoding, including selecting a set of weightings in an intra-inter mode and applying position dependent intra prediction combination to modify at least one of an inter prediction sample and another sample.

Abstract: Encoding using chroma intra prediction with filtering includes encoding a current block from a current frame, which includes obtaining a first chroma prediction value for a current chroma pixel using a current spatial intra prediction mode, obtaining a current luma prediction value for a current luma pixel collocated with the current chroma pixel, obtaining a second chroma prediction value for the current chroma pixel for the current chroma component by applying derived filter coefficients to the current luma prediction value, obtaining, as a third chroma prediction value for the current chroma pixel for the current chroma component, a weighted average of the first chroma prediction value and the second chroma prediction value, obtaining encoded chroma pixel data for the current chroma pixel by encoding the current chroma pixel using the third chroma prediction value, and including the encoded chroma pixel data in the encoded block data.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a depilator including a housing, a cold compressing portion, a hair removal assembly, and a cool driving portion. The housing defines a receiving space, a cooling inlet, and a cooling outlet. The cold compressing portion is exposed from the housing and configured to contact skin of a user. The heat sink assembly is arranged in the receiving space and thermally coupled to the cold compressing portion for absorbing heat of the cold compressing portion. The hair removal assembly is arranged in the receiving space and located on a side of the cold compressing portion away from the skin of the user. The cool driving portion defines a driving inlet and a driving outlet. The depilator defines a first cooling passage and a second cooling passage that are defined between the driving outlet and the cooling outlet and are separate from each other.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for confidence calibration of machine learning models. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving a plurality of query inputs to a target machine learning model that is configured to assign initial confidence scores to model outputs generated by the target machine learning model, processing the query inputs using a calibration model to generate precision data for the target machine learning model that specifies a precision curve mapping confidence thresholds to precisions, receiving a new input for the target machine learning model, processing the new input using the target machine learning model to generate a predicted model output for the new input and to assign an initial confidence score to the predicted model output, and generating a final output for the new input using the initial confidence score and the precision data for the target machine learning model.

Abstract: Neighboring blocks of a current block include first blocks adjacent to one of a top side, an above left corner, and an above right corner of the current block and second blocks adjacent to one of a left side and a below left corner of the current block. Whether one or more of the first blocks and the current block are in a same coding tree unit (CTU) is determined. Based on the one or more of the first blocks and the current block being in the same CTU, a respective intra mode associated with each of the one or more of the first blocks is added into a most probable mode (MPM) list for the current block based on a sequence of conditions. A respective intra mode associated with each of the second blocks is added into the MPM list based on the sequence of conditions.

Abstract: Connectors with a hybrid pitch are described. In one example, a connector to couple a card or module to a motherboard includes connector housing and a plurality of pins. The plurality of pins include alternating signal and ground pins. Each of the plurality of pins includes a card or module-facing end to couple with the card or module and a lead to couple with a through hole in the motherboard. A first pitch between leads of a pin and a first adjacent pin is different than a second pitch between leads of the pin and a second adjacent pin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for generating single-stranded overhangs (sticky ends) of a user-defined length and sequence in a predominantly double-stranded DNA molecule, wherein the process is restriction endonuclease and DNA exonuclease activity-independent and wherein formed heteroduplex DNAs are joined by one or more ligations using a DNA ligase with an end result of generating double-stranded DNA fragments with single-stranded overhangs for joining and generating larger linear or covalently closed circular DNA molecules with the option of variable regions.