Abstract: A metal member for a household appliance includes a first surface and a second surface connected to each other. The second surface is inclined with respect to the first surface, and the second surface has a reflectivity higher than that of the first surface. A household appliance having the metal member is also provided.

Abstract: A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by receiving a bitstream corresponding to video data encoding one or more pictures, wherein the one or more pictures are recursively partitioned into a plurality of groups at different partition levels; determining a first syntax element that corresponds to a first group of the plurality of groups; in accordance with a determination that the first syntax element has a first value: decoding the first group in a first mode; and in accordance with a determination that the first syntax element has a second value: determining a respective second syntax element for each of one or more second groups within the first groups, wherein the one or more second groups are at a second partition level below the first partition level; and decoding each of the one or more second groups in accordance with a value of the respective second syntax element.

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 fluorescence image registration method includes obtaining at least one fluorescence image of a biochip. An interior local area is selected. Sums of pixel values in the interior local area along a first direction and a second direction are obtained. A plurality of first template lines is selected to find a minimum total value of the sums of pixel values corresponding to the first template lines. Pixel-level correction is performed on a local area of the track line to obtain pixel-level track cross. Other track crosses on the biochip is obtained, and the pixel-level correction is performed on the other track crosses. The position of the pixel-level track line is corrected by a center-of-gravity method to obtain the subpixel-level position of the track line. The subpixel-level positions of all sites uniformly distributed on the biochip is obtained.

Abstract: An electrochemical biosensor has an electrode which is sequentially decorated a molybdenum (VI) oxide (MoO3) nanomaterial, a gold-composite nanomaterial, a carboxyl-sulfhydryl compound, and a carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide (EDC/NHS, EN) to modify the surface of the electrode. That the sulfhydryl group of the carboxyl-sulfhydryl compound forms a bond with the gold-composite nanomaterial, and the carbodiimide/N-hydroxybutanediimide forms a bond with a carboxyl group of the carboxyl-sulfhydryl compound.

Abstract: A keyboard including a backlight module, a base plate disposed on the backlight module, a membrane circuit disposed on the base plate, and a plurality of keycaps disposed on the membrane circuit is provided. The backlight module includes a light source and a reflective layer. The light source and a corresponding circuitry are arranged on the reflective layer, and a circuitry connecting portion extends from the reflective layer. The base plate has a positioning portion with an aperture, and a portion of the reflective layer contacts the base plate or the positioning portion.

Abstract: A waterproof click pad device includes a click pad, a frame and a waterproof unit. The frame surrounds the click pad and surrounds an axis passing through the click pad. The waterproof unit is transverse to the axis and is in sheet form. The waterproof unit includes a frame adhesive member surrounding the axis and adhered to the frame, a first non-adhesive member surrounding the axis, connected to an inner periphery of the frame adhesive member and spaced apart from and located above the frame, a second non-adhesive member surrounding the axis, connected to an inner periphery of the first non-adhesive member and spaced apart from and located above the click pad and the frame, and an plate adhesive member connected to an inner periphery of the second non-adhesive member and adhered to the click pad.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for video coding. The method includes: partitioning video pictures into a plurality of coding units (CUs), at least one of which is further partitioned into two prediction units (PUs) including at least one geometric shaped PU; obtaining a first merge list including a plurality of candidates, each including one or more motion vectors; and obtaining a uni-prediction merge list for the geometric shaped PU by selecting the one or more motion vectors directly from the first merge list.

Abstract: Methods of selectively applying Bi-directional Optical Flow (BDOF) and Decoder-side Motion Vector Refinement (DMVR) on inter mode coded blocks employed in video coding standards, such as the now-current Versatile Video Coding (VVC) design, are performed at a computing device. In one method, when a current block is eligible for both applications of DMVR and BDOF based on a plurality of pre-defined conditions, the computing device uses a pre-defined criterion to classify the current block and then uses the classification in applying either BDOF or DMVR, but not both, on the block.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a video decoding apparatus and method for transform coefficient sign prediction on a video decoder side. The method may include generating a plurality of candidate hypotheses for a set of candidate transform coefficients associated with a transform block of a video frame from a video. The method may further include selecting a hypothesis from the plurality of candidate hypotheses as a set of predicted signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients, wherein the hypothesis is selected based on a cost function calculated by extrapolating neighboring samples of the transform block in an extrapolation direction determined based on a dominant gradient direction. The method may also include estimating original signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients based on the set of predicted signs and a sequence of sign signaling bits received from a video encoder.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a video processing apparatus and method for bilateral filtering in video coding. The video processing method may include receiving, by one or more processors, a reconstructed block for in-loop filtering. The reconstructed block is reconstructed from a video block of a video frame from a video. The video processing method may also include applying, by the one or more processors, a bilateral filtering scheme to the reconstructed block to generate a plurality of bilateral filtering offsets for a plurality of reconstructed samples in the reconstructed block. The video processing method may further include generating, by the one or more processors, a plurality of filtered samples based on the plurality of bilateral filtering offsets. The plurality of filtered samples are used as inputs to subsequent adaptive loop filtering.

Abstract: Methods are provided for video coding. The method includes: partitioning video pictures into a plurality of coding units (CUs), at least one of which is further partitioned into two prediction units (PUs) including at least one geometric shaped PU; obtaining a first merge list including a plurality of candidates, each including one or more motion vectors; and obtaining a uni-prediction merge list for the geometric shaped PU by selecting the one or more motion vectors directly from the first merge list.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a first optical element at the first side of the substrate; and a semiconductor stack on the substrate. The semiconductor stack includes a first reflective structure; a second reflective structure; a cavity region between the first reflective structure and the second reflective structure and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a confinement layer in one of the second reflective structure and the first reflective structure. The semiconductor device further includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first surface.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video signal, including: receiving, from the video signal, a picture frame that includes a first component, and a second component; selecting an edge direction across a collocated sample of the first component or a current sample of the second component relative to the respective sample of the second component; calculating a first edge strength determining a difference between values of two samples from the group consisting of the collocated or current sample, a first neighbouring sample, and a second neighbouring sample; quantizing the first edge strength into M segments according to M-1 threshold values; determining the classifier for the respective sample of the second component based on the M segments; determining a sample offset for the respective sample of the second component according to the classifier; and modifying the respective sample of the second component based on the determined sample offset.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder identifies a floating-point division operation to be performed to derive parameters in decoder-side intra mode derivation (DIMD) mode or in template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD) mode; and the decoder obtains the parameters in the DIMD mode or the TIMD mode by replacing the floating-point division operation with integer additions and multiplications based on a look-up-table (LUT).

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video decoding. In one method, a decoder constructs a plurality of intra prediction mode groups (IPMGs), and each IPMG of the plurality of IPMGs comprises a plurality of intra prediction modes; in response to determining that a current IPMG is indicated to generate an intra prediction mode for a current block, the decoder may derive a scheme of intra prediction modes to determine a best mode within the current IPMG to generate intra prediction samples for the current block, and the scheme of intra prediction modes comprises decoder-side intra mode derivation (DIMD) and template-based intra mode derivation (TIMD).

Abstract: A method of video coding, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium thereof are provided. The method includes obtaining one or more affine candidates from a plurality of non-adjacent neighbor blocks that are non-adjacent to a current block. The method may further include obtaining one or more control point motion vectors (CPMVs) for the current block based on the one or more affine candidates.

Abstract: Video coding methods and apparatuses are provided. A set of two or more pictures is coded. The set includes at least a first picture coded with a first spatial resolution, and a second picture coded with a second spatial resolution different from the first spatial resolution. The set of two or more pictures is stored in a decoded picture buffer based on corresponding spatial resolutions. The set of two or more pictures stored in the decoded picture buffer is used as a set of reference pictures for coding one or more successive pictures subsequent to the set of two or more pictures. The set of two or more pictures is incorporated into a reference picture list that contains pictures with at least two different spatial resolutions.

Abstract: A light source device, including a first light source, providing a first light beam in a first time period of a first period; and a second light source, providing a second light beam in a second time period of the first period, is provided. The first light beam and the second light beam have the same color temperature. The first light beam and the second light beam are emitted alternately in the first period, and a color rendering index of mixed light of the first light beam and the second light beam is greater than or equal to 85.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel timer module. The novel timer module includes a replaceable movement, a master control circuit board, an upper housing, and a lower housing. A circuit board is disposed inside the replaceable movement. Five first inserting pins are welded on the circuit board. The first inserting pins are exposed from the outside of a housing of the replaceable movement. The master control circuit board is located in the upper housing and the lower housing, and is fixed on an upper surface of the lower housing. A relay is disposed inside the master control circuit board. Contacts of the relay respectively extend and are fixed on a surface of the master control circuit board by using leads. Therefore, a problem that a conventional timer movement is fixedly welded on a circuit of a timer module can be resolved.