Abstract: In some implementations, the disclosed systems and methods a user can be at a source location (e.g., XR environment, two-dimensional webpage/browser, etc.) and input received can trigger traveling the user to a target XR environment (e.g., an immersive environment). In some implementations, the disclosed systems and methods a user can spawn a virtual portal in an origin virtual world for travel to a destination virtual world for the creating user and a group of other users having avatars near that of the creating user. In some implementations, the disclosed systems and methods a user can be at a source location (e.g., XR environment, two-dimensional webpage/browser, etc.) and input received can trigger traveling the user to a target XR environment (e.g., an immersive environment).

Abstract: A method for obtaining a higher-order ambisonics (HOA) coefficient includes obtaining location information of a virtual speaker on a preset spherical surface, where the preset spherical surface includes M circles of longitude and N circles of latitude, and obtaining, based on the location information and a preset reference trigonometric function table, a trigonometric function value corresponding to the location information, where the reference trigonometric function table includes an elevation trigonometric function table and/or an azimuth trigonometric function table, and obtaining an HOA coefficient for the virtual speaker based on the trigonometric function value corresponding to the location information.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method are provided. The method includes: performing multi-level IR decomposition on original application code, extracting more abundant computation and data flow features to obtain an initial computational graph, and performing graph transformation processing on the initial computational graph to obtain a target computational graph, allowing an application corresponding to original application code to run in different systems and implement performance portability.

Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for determining a virtual speaker set. The method for determining a virtual speaker set includes: determining a target virtual speaker from F preset virtual speakers based on a to-be-processed audio signal, where each of the F virtual speakers corresponds to S virtual speakers, F is a positive integer, and S is a positive integer greater than 1; and obtaining, from a preset virtual speaker distribution table, respective position information of S virtual speakers corresponding to the target virtual speaker, where the virtual speaker distribution table includes position information of K virtual speakers, the position information includes an elevation angle index and an azimuth angle index, K is a positive integer greater than 1, F?K, and F×S?K. This application can improve audio signal playback effect.

Abstract: An antenna configured to operate at millimeter wave frequencies is provided. The antenna includes a substrate and a ground plane. The antenna includes one or more active patch antenna elements that collectively define four corners, wherein the active patch antenna element(s) are positioned on a first surface of the substrate. The antenna includes four parasitic patch elements coplanar to the active patch antenna element(s) and adjacent to each respective corner of the active patch antenna element(s). The antenna includes a switching circuit configured to dynamically couple, to the ground plane, the first parasitic patch element, the second parasitic patch element, the third parasitic patch element, and/or the fourth parasitic patch element.

Abstract: A switchable antenna assembly is provided. The switchable antenna assembly includes a substrate, a ground plane disposed on the substrate, and a feed. The switchable antenna assembly includes a first planar antenna element extending from the ground plane in a first direction. The first planar antenna element is coupled to the feed by a first transmission line and is configured to produce a first radiation pattern. The switchable antenna assembly includes a second planar antenna element extending from the ground plane in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of first planar antenna element and is configured to produce a second radiation pattern. The switchable antenna assembly includes a single pole—two-throw switching element configured to selectively couple one of the first transmission line or the second transmission line to the feed.

Abstract: A display panel and control methods thereof are provided. In one example, the display panel includes, a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a solution encapsulated between the first substrate and the second substrate. In some examples, the solution includes opaque charged particles. In some examples, the first substrate includes a first electrode, the first electrode including a plurality of discrete sub-electrodes, and the second substrate includes a second electrode. Further, the control method may include adjusting an electric field between each of the plurality of discrete sub-electrodes and the second electrode, causing the opaque charged particles to undergo a gathering motion or a scattering motion.

Abstract: A bit allocation method and apparatus for an audio object are disclosed, which relate to the field of audio encoding and decoding technologies. The method includes: separately pre-rendering a plurality of audio objects to be pre-rendered in an audio frame, to obtain a plurality of pre-rendered audio objects; obtaining respective perceptual importance parameter values of the plurality of pre-rendered audio objects; obtaining a bit allocation parameter value of a current audio object to be pre-rendered based on the respective perceptual importance parameter values of the plurality of pre-rendered audio objects; and determining, based on the bit allocation parameter value of the current audio object to be pre-rendered and a total quantity of to-be-allocated bits corresponding to the plurality of audio objects to be pre-rendered, a target quantity of bits allocated to the current audio object to be pre-rendered.

Abstract: The preparation of an aromatic heterocyclic derivative as an immunomodulator and the use thereof. Specifically, provided is a compound as represented by formula I below, or an optical isomer, a hydrate, a solvate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the definition of each group is as described in the description; and the compound of formula I can be used to treat diseases associated with the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway.

Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal includes receiving a bitstream corresponding to the audio signal; obtaining a silence insertion descriptor (SID) type of a current frame of the audio signal by decoding the bitstream; obtaining a low-band parameter of the current frame by decoding the bitstream; obtaining a low-band signal of the current frame based on the low-band parameter; obtaining, based on the SID type of the current frame, a high-band parameter of the current frame; obtaining a high-band signal of the current frame based on the high-band parameter; and obtaining a synthesis signal of the current frame based on the low-band signal and the high-band signal.

Abstract: A time threshold model creation method and a time threshold model creation system based on an autonomous braking system are provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining braking data about a target vehicle; creating a three-dimensional space in accordance with a braking time, a speed of the target vehicle, and a relative speed, and obtaining a point cloud of the braking data in the three-dimensional space; dividing a two-dimensional plane defined by the speed of the target vehicle and the relative speed into a plurality of statistical regions, and calculating a probability in each statistical region to obtain a fitted probability distribution curve; calculating a time threshold in each statistical region in accordance with the fitted probability distribution curve; and obtaining a target curve surface of the time thresholds in accordance with the distribution of the time threshold in each statistical region in the three-dimensional space.

Abstract: This application provides example authentication methods and apparatuses. One example authentication method is used for a terminal device. The method includes receiving, by the first service unit, a first request from a second device, wherein the first request is used to request a first seed. The first service unit sends the first request to the first authentication unit. The first authentication unit sends a first response to the first service unit, wherein the first response comprises the first seed. The first service unit sends the first response to the second device. The first service unit receives a second seed from the second device. The first service unit sends the second seed to the first authentication unit. The first authentication unit determines a third seed based on a first key and the second seed, wherein the first key is determined based on the first seed.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a first substrate, a microcup structure layer, an electrophoretic liquid and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode layer which includes a plurality of pixel electrodes. The microcup structure layer is disposed on a side of the first substrate. The microcup structure layer includes a plurality of microcups, each microcup has a first opening and a second opening opposite to the first opening, the first opening is closer to the pixel electrode layer than the second opening, a size of the first opening being greater than a size of the second opening. The electrophoretic fluid is filled in the plurality of microcups, and the electrophoretic fluid is incorporated with charged particles. The second substrate is disposed on a side, away from the first substrate, of the microcup structure layer with the electrophoretic fluid, and the second substrate includes a common electrode layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a nitrogen-doped hierarchical-porous carbon-loaded nano-Pd catalyst and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes preparing nitrogen-doped hierarchical-porous carbon, mixing the nitrogen-doped hierarchical-porous carbon with water, adjusting a pH value of the mixed solution to be alkaline, mixing the mixed solution with a Pd metal precursor aqueous solution, and then adding a reducing agent to obtain the nitrogen-doped hierarchical-porous carbon-loaded nano-Pd catalyst after reduction. The prepared nitrogen-doped hierarchical-porous carbon-loaded nano-Pd catalyst includes a nitrogen-doped porous carbon material carrier with hierarchical pores and Pd metal nanoparticles loaded in the hierarchical pores of the carrier. The Pd metal nanoparticles have a size of 2˜14 nm and a regular polyhedron shape.

Abstract: A preparation method of gradient high-silicon steel by molten salt electrolysis includes: weighing the inorganic fluoride salt and the inorganic silicon salt, mixing them uniformly and then drying; heating the electrolysis container over the melting point of the electrolyte, passing the inert gas through the electrolysis container, and connecting the electrode to the power supply to perform constant current electrolysis, after the electrolysis is finished, the cathode is taken out, washed and dried, placing the dried cathode in a constant temperature region of an annealing furnace; under a protective gas atmosphere, heating the cathode to the target temperature, and maintaining the temperature for a period of time; after the heat treatment, cooling the cathode to the room temperature, during which the cathode is always placed in the furnace.

Abstract: An audio encoding and decoding method and apparatus, and a non-transitory readable storage medium are provided. The encoding method includes: selecting a first target virtual speaker from a preset virtual speaker set based on a current scene audio signal; generating a first virtual speaker signal based on the current scene audio signal and attribute information of the first target virtual speaker; and encoding the first virtual speaker signal to obtain a bitstream. According to the encoding method, an amount of encoded data is reduced, to improve encoding efficiency.

Abstract: Audio encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses are disclosed, to reduce an amount of encoded and decoded data, so as to improve encoding and decoding efficiency. The method includes: selecting a first target virtual speaker from a preset virtual speaker set based on a first scene audio signal; generating a first virtual speaker signal based on the first scene audio signal and attribute information of the first target virtual speaker; obtaining a second scene audio signal using the attribute information of the first target virtual speaker and the first virtual speaker signal; generating a residual signal based on the first scene audio signal and the second scene audio signal; and encoding the first virtual speaker signal and the residual signal, to produce encoded signals, and writing the encoded signals into a bitstream.

Abstract: A method and a system for calculating a focusing parameter of a binocular stereo camera, and an intelligent terminal are provided. The method includes: calculating a lower limit value and an upper limit value of a distance measurement range; acquiring a depth-of-field range in accordance with the lower limit value and the upper limit value; calculating a maximum value and a minimum value of an image distance gain corresponding to a real object distance within the depth-of-field range, and calculating an optimal image distance gain in accordance with the maximum value and the minimum value; acquiring an optimal object distance of a focused target in accordance with the optimal image distance gain; and calculating an optimal size of the focused target in accordance with the optimal object distance.