Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement video coding system (VCS). The VCS may be configured to receive a video signal, which may include one or more layers (e.g., a base layer (BL) and/or one or more enhancement layers (ELs)). The VCS may be configured to process a BL picture into an inter-layer reference (ILR) picture, e.g., using picture level inter-layer prediction process. The VCS may be configured to select one or both of the processed ILR picture or an enhancement layer (EL) reference picture. The selected reference picture(s) may comprise one of the EL reference picture, or the ILR picture. The VCS may be configured to predict a current EL picture using one or more of the selected ILR picture or the EL reference picture. The VCS may be configured to store the processed ILR picture in an EL decoded picture buffer (DPB).

Abstract: A hydraulic actuator to which a limit-adjustable mechanical lock device is applied, comprising: a housing having a first hole; side covers coupled at both sides of the housing, and having holder insertion holes formed to be opened toward the first hole side of the housing, and plugs; a first holder of which one side of the outer peripheral surface is inserted into the holder insertion hole at the plug side of the side cover by screw coupling; a second holder fitted and coupled to the inner peripheral surface of the side cover and having one end thereof screw-coupled to the second hole of the first holder; a locking means into which a rod is inserted so as to be movable in an axial direction at a predetermined distance across the second hole of the first holder and the third hole of the second holder.

Abstract: A flyback converter controller is provided with a single terminal through which the flyback converter controller senses for over-voltage faults for an input voltage and also senses for open circuit faults for an auxiliary winding. A first voltage divider provides a divided version of the input voltage to the single terminal. The controller compares a voltage for the single terminal to at least one over-voltage threshold to detect the over-voltage fault for the input voltage.

Abstract: An apparatus and method perform rate-distortion optimization based on cost. The encoding apparatus selects an encoding mode to be used to encode a target block from among multiple modes and performs computation for rate-distortion optimization in the encoding mode. The encoding apparatus calculates a cost of at least one of the multiple modes in relation to the encoding of the target block, and selects the encoding mode from among the multiple modes, based on the cost.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first camera supporting a first FOV, a second camera supporting a second FOV, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a first image having the first FOV using the first camera, to obtain a second image, which is associated with the first image and has the second FOV using the second camera, to adjust at least one operation attribute of the first camera based on the second image, and to obtain a third image having the first FOV based on the adjusted at least one operation attribute using the first camera.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method for manufacturing a graphene electro-optic modulator, which is freely attachable to and detachable from an optical waveguide and modulates a light according to an electric signal. The method includes: forming two metal electrodes on an oxide film formed on a substrate, the two metal electrodes being spaced apart from each other; synthesizing a first graphene film at a metal foil; coating the first graphene film with a polymer membrane; removing the metal foil at which the first graphene film is synthesized; and transferring the first graphene film coated with the polymer membrane onto the oxide film, wherein the first graphene film is electrically connected to any one of the two metal electrodes. There is also provided a graphene electro-optic modulator manufactured by the method.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes: a plurality of word lines that are stacked; a pillar structure that penetrates through the word lines in a vertical direction; and a voltage supplier suitable for supplying a plurality of biases that are required according to an operation mode, to the word lines and the pillar structure. The pillar structure includes: a vertical channel region disposed in a core; and a laser diode structure disposed between the word lines and the vertical channel region to surround a periphery of the vertical channel region.

Abstract: An access point may receive, from a set of electronic devices, one or more buffer status reports that indicate that at least a subset of the electronic devices have uplink data associated with one or more access categories. In response, the access point may create a group of uplink virtual queues for one or more electronic devices in the subset based on the one or more buffer status reports, where a given uplink virtual queue corresponds to a particular access category and a given electronic device. The access point may start one or more backoff counters with a one-to-one correspondence to uplink virtual queues in the group of uplink virtual queues. When a backoff counter for the given uplink virtual queue reaches zero, the access point may transmit a trigger frame to an electronic device in the subset that corresponds to the given uplink virtual queue.

Abstract: A gas cylinder includes: a base tube including a cavity; a spindle inserted into the cavity and performing a reciprocating motion in a longitudinal direction of the base tube; a cylinder mounted in the spindle and charged with gas; a piston dividing the cylinder into an upper chamber and a lower chamber; a valve portion sealing an upper portion of the cylinder and including a pipe holder having a cavity through which the gas is introduced; a flow prevention portion inserted into the spindle and having an inner surface contacting a surface of the spindle; and a spindle guide disposed between the base tube and the spindle and mounted to include at least a portion of the flow prevention portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image. The image encoding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: an encoding level decision unit determining an encoding level of an input image; a sampling unit outputting an encoding target picture associated with the encoding level determined in the encoding level decision unit; an encoding unit encoding the encoding target picture output from the sampling unit; a reference picture storage unit storing at least one reference picture; and a reconstructed image generation unit generating a reconstructed image corresponding to the input image in association with the encoding level determined in the encoding level decision unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of a disease or disorder related to activation of deacetylase enzymes. The compounds and methods are related to boronic acid derivatives of resveratrol. In some forms, the compound, compositions and methods relate to treatment of prostate cancer, colon cancer, or breast cancer, a cardiovascular disease, inflammation, obesity, diabetes, or a neurodegenerative disease.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to: collect, by the processor, workload information for a computing/storage device for a present time period and one or more previous time periods; determine, by the processor, a maximum workload parameter for the present time period and the one or more previous time periods; determine, by the processor, a maximum workload threshold that corresponds to the maximum workload parameter; compute, by the processor, a difference between the maximum workload threshold and the maximum workload parameter; and determine, by the processor, an amount of workload to move to the computing/storage device based on the difference. Other methods and computer program products are presented in additional embodiments.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; and an inserting module positioned in the insulative housing and including a transformer, the transformer comprising: a magnetic core having a central opening; and a first and second wire groups each including plural wires, each wire having a central portion, a first end, and an opposite second end, the central portions of each wire group wound around the magnetic core through the central opening, wherein the first and second wire groups joint to function as a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer, and a wire diameter of the secondary winding is greater than a wire diameter of the primary winding.

Abstract: A dual-radio AP including both a high-power (e.g., Wi-Fi) radio and a low-power (e.g., BLE) radio may support an assisted wakeup service for a power-limited dual-radio mobile device (STA). The power-limited STA may register with the AP for the assisted wakeup service, and may then disable its Wi-Fi radio (or otherwise initiate a lower-power mode). The power-limited STA may receive a BLE communication indicating the AP has pending Wi-Fi transmissions or updates applicable to the power-limited STA. In response, the power-limited STA may turn on its Wi-Fi radio and receive the pending transmissions or updates from the AP. If an AP does not include a low-power radio, then a high-power/low-power dual-radio STA that is not power-limited may serve as an assisted wakeup service proxy. The proxy may scan and trace the Wi-Fi beacons from the AP, and generate the BLE communication to the power-limited STA on behalf of the AP.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a can housing the electrode assembly, the can having a long axis and a short axis, and a cap plate that seals an opening of the can. The can includes a first side surface and a second side surface that face each other so as to correspond to the short axis of the can, the first side surface and the second side surface having a first thickness, a third side surface and a fourth side surface that face each other so as to correspond to the long axis of the can, the third side surface and the fourth side surface having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness, and a bottom surface that is located opposite the opening of the can and contacts the first through fourth side surfaces, the bottom surface having a third thickness.

Abstract: A vehicle radiator grill that is manufactured by integrally combining plastic resins of different colors by using double injection and thus has two different colors is provided. The vehicle radiator grill includes a base component that has a first color and forms an exterior of a radiator grill while providing a vent component which has a plurality of air passages formed therethrough and blocked parts are disposed at both sides of the vent component. Additionally, an image component which has a second color different from the color of the base component is integrally formed with the base component by using double injection and exposes the second color toward the front of the radiator grill through the air passage to form an image of two different colors.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus can include a member; an upper transmission coil disposed on the member; and first and second terminals disposed in the member, in which the upper transmission coil includes an outer coil part connected to the first terminal and formed in one-turn; a first inner coil part connected to the outer coil part and having a half-turn on a first region of the member; a second inner coil part connected to the first inner coil part and having a half-turn on a second region of the member; a third inner coil part connected to the second inner coil part and having a half-turn on the first region of the member; and a fourth inner coil part connected to the third inner coil part and the second terminal and having a half-turn on the second region of the member, in which the half-turn of the second inner coil part comprises a first rounded corner, a second rounded corner and a third rounded corner, a circular arc of the first rounded corner of the second inner coil part is R 20 mm as a

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining driver distraction based on a jerk and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus includes: a jerk calculating processor to calculate a lateral jerk of a vehicle based on driving information collected when the vehicle is traveling, an exception event detecting processor to detect an exception event defining a situation where the lateral jerk occurs during normal driving based on the collected driving information, and a determining processor to detect oversteering of the vehicle by comparing the calculated lateral jerk with a reference value and determine a driver distraction based on the detected oversteering and exception event.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first contact element, a second contact element, a semiconductor chip, and an encapsulation material. The first contact element is on a first side of the semiconductor device. The second contact element is on a second side of the semiconductor device opposite to the first side. The semiconductor chip is electrically coupled to the first contact element and the second contact element. The encapsulation material encapsulates the semiconductor chip and portions of the first contact element and the second contact element. The encapsulation material defines at least two notches on a third side of the semiconductor device extending between the first side and the second side.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The array substrate further includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of common electrode lines. The plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines define a plurality of pixel units at the display region, and each pixel unit includes a pixel electrode. At least one of the plurality of common electrode lines includes a main line and a branch line located at at least one side of the main line, and at least a part of the branch lines are located at an inner side of a periphery of the display region.