Abstract: A cascaded multi-port converter and a three-phase medium-voltage input system. Input terminals of the module units are cascaded. In each module unit: input ends of the high-voltage conversion units are cascaded, a magnetic core of a multi-winding transformer is wound with multiple primary windings and at least one secondary winding, an output end of each high-voltage conversion unit is connected to a corresponding primary winding, and the secondary winding is connected to an input end of a corresponding low-voltage rectifying unit. Therefore, the windings of the multiple high-voltage conversion units share the magnetic core, and the number of the multi-winding transformers and the number of the low-voltage rectifying units can be reduced, thereby reducing the volume, weight, and costs of the cascaded multi-port converter.

Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of a generalized bi-prediction (GBi) coding tool in which a prediction of the current video block uses a final predictor corresponding to a non-uniformly weighted sum of predictors from two reference lists; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein a field in the coded representation corresponds to the mode of operation and a value of the field indicates whether the GBI coding tool is enabled or disabled for the current video block.

Abstract: A method of visual media processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a buffer that stores reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; for a sample spatially located at location of the current video block relative to an upper-left position of a coding tree unit including the current video block and having a block vector, computing a corresponding reference in the buffer at a reference location, wherein the reference location is determined using the block vector and the location; and upon determining that the reference location lies outside the buffer, re-computing the reference location based at least in part on a location of the current video block relative to the coding tree unit including the current video block.

Abstract: The application relates to an intra block copy mode with dual tree partition. A method of video processing is disclosed. The method of video processing includes: determining, during a conversion between a current video block and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a block vector for the current video block; and performing, at least based on the block vector, the conversion, wherein when the current video block is coded with a coding mode using a reference block for prediction pointing to a same picture that the current video block is located in, and the current video block is a first type of block, the block vector is derived from at least one second type of block.

Abstract: A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, multiple sets of parameters, wherein each set of parameters defines a cross-component linear model (CCLM) and is derived from a corresponding group of chroma samples at corresponding chroma sample positions; determining, based on the multiple sets of parameters, parameters for a final CCLM; and performing the conversion based on the final CCLM.

Abstract: An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video including a video picture including one or more video units and a bitstream representation of the video. The bitstream representation conforms to a format rule that specifies that a first syntax element is included in a header of the video picture indicating allowed prediction types of at least some of the one or more video units in the video picture.

Abstract: A cascaded multi-port converter and a three-phase medium-voltage input system. Input ends of all high-voltage conversion units are cascaded between two ports of an input end of the cascaded multi-port converter. A primary winding of a multi-winding transformer is connected to an output end of a corresponding high-voltage conversion unit, and a secondary winding of the multi-winding transformer is connected to an input end of a corresponding low-voltage rectifier unit. Output ends of some of the low-voltage rectifier units are connected to each other through a bus, and the remaining low-voltage rectifier units outputs independently, such that at least one secondary winding in each multi-winding transformer is indirectly connected to the bus, and at least one multi-winding transformer is provided with at least one secondary winding that independently outputs. Therefore, power balance between various modular units is achieved, and the security of the cascaded multi-port converter is improved.

Abstract: A distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) / distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system and method employing a fiber optic sensor cable that collects vibrational data of individual utility poles suspending the fiber optic sensor cable and stores the vibrational data in a central office (CO). Machine learning (ML) models are developed, trained, and utilized to analyze vibrational features of the utility poles and determine their integrity. Additionally, DFOS / DAS systems and methods according to the present disclosure determine the location(s) of fiber coils that exist along a length of a fiber optic sensor cable.

Abstract: A distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS)/distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system and method employing a fiber optic sensor cable that collects vibrational data of individual utility poles suspending the fiber optic sensor cable and stores the vibrational data in a central office (CO). Machine learning (ML) models are developed, trained, and utilized to analyze vibrational features of the utility poles and determine their integrity. Additionally, DFOS/DAS systems and methods according to the present disclosure determine the location(s) of fiber coils that exist along a length of a fiber optic sensor cable.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a drive circuit layer and a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the drive circuit layer. The drive circuit layer includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer, each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to the second metal layer by a through-hole and includes a first main trunk electrode and a second main trunk electrode, and the second main trunk electrode includes an upper electrode adjacent to the through-hole. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a shielding member for shielding a display area where the upper electrode is located.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for designing an orthognathic surgical occlusal plate based on artificial intelligence, including scanning a gypsum model of the maxillary and mandibular dentition to obtain the corresponding three-dimensional model of the maxillary and mandibular dentition; then obtaining the fitting data and establishing a coordinate system; generating thickness control elements and two-dimensional contour lines; controlling thickness of the three-dimensional model and generating occlusal imprint: and modifying the thickness and occlusal imprint of the three-dimensional model to obtain an artificial intelligence occlusal plate. The invention can greatly save the time required for designing the occlusal plate, improve the work efficiency, and the accuracy of the artificial orthognathic surgery occlusal plate is not significantly different from that of the manual occlusal plate in the application of orthognathic surgery.

Abstract: Techniques for video encoding and decoding are described. A method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes, determining, based on a video characteristic of a first video block, an enabling or disabling of a pruning process for a table updating process; updating one or multiple tables, based on the determination and motion information of the first video block, the one or multiple motion tables being History-based Motion Vector Prediction HMVP (HMVP) tables; and performing a conversion between a subsequent video block of the video and bitstream representation of the subsequent video block based on the updated tables.

Abstract: A method for implementing an adaptive colour transform (ACT) mode during image/video encoding and decoding includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the current video block is coded using the ACT mode, wherein the conversion includes applying an inverse ACT transform on the current video block according to a rule, and wherein the rule specifies that a clipping operation, based on a bit depth of the current video block, is applied to an input of the inverse ACT transform.

Abstract: A method for video processing is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of current video block, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled in a parameter set that is different from a sequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), or an adaptation parameter set (APS) used for carrying adaptive loop filtering (ALF) parameters.

Abstract: Methods, systems and device for hash-based motion estimation in video coding are described. An exemplary method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, motion information associated with the current block using a hash-based motion search, a size of the current block being M×N, M and N being positive integers and M being not equal to N, applying, based on the motion information and a video picture comprising the current block, a prediction for the current block, and performing, based on the prediction, the conversion.

Abstract: A fiber optic imaging element includes medium-expansion and a fabrication method including: (1) matching a core glass rod with a cladding glass tube to perform mono fiber drawing; (2) arranging the mono fibers into a mono fiber bundle rod, and then drawing the mono fiber bundle rod into a multi fiber; (3) arranging the multi fiber into a multi fiber bundle rod, and then drawing the multi fiber bundle rod into a multi-multi fiber; (4) cutting the multi-multi fiber, and then arranging the multi-multi fiber into a fiber assembly buddle, then putting the fiber assembly buddle into a mold of heat press fusion process, and performing the heat press fusion process to prepare a block of the fiber optic imaging element with medium-expansion; and (5) edged rounding, cutting and slicing, face grinding and polishing the prepared medium-expansion block into a billet.

Abstract: A method for video bitstream processing includes generating, using a first video block derived from a third video block of a first component and having a first size, a prediction block for a second video block of a video related to a second component, where the first component is different from the second component, and where the second video block has a second size that is different from the first size. The method also includes performing, using the prediction block, a conversion between the second video block and a bitstream representation of the video according to a two-step cross-component prediction mode (TSCPM).

Abstract: A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, a final prediction P(x, y) of a chroma sample at a position (x, y) in the current video block as a combination of prediction results of multiple cross-component linear models (MCCLMs), wherein the MCCLMs are selected based on the position (x, y) of the chroma sample; and performing the conversion based on the final prediction.

Abstract: A gesture recognition method, apparatus and system based on coupling capacitance, which are configured to solve the technical problem in the prior art of it not being possible to recognize a complex gesture due to the fact that the coordinates of a manipulation body on a three-dimensional plane cannot be determined.

Abstract: A method of video processing includes making a first determination about whether a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) tool is enabled for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a coded representation of the video; making a second determination, based on the first determination, about whether or how to clip a motion vector according to a bounding block for reference sample padding in a reference picture used for determining a prediction block for the current block according to a rule, and performing the conversion based on the first determination and the second determination. By using the DMVR tool, an encoded motion vector from the coded representation is refined prior to using for determining the prediction block.