VISUALIZATIONS DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN DISPLAYS AND CONTEXTS

La présente invention concerne un appareil et un procédé pour afficher une visualisation d'un objet à l'intérieur d'une zone de bordure d'un premier affichage sur la base de ses premières caractéristiques d'affichage, déterminer les secondes caractéristiques d'affichage d'un second affichage, formater la visualisation sur la base des secondes caractéristiques d'affichage et assurer la visualisation vers le second affichage sans au moins une partie de la zone de bordure. La visualisation peut être affichée avec un contexte de visualisation sur le premier affichage et une autre visualisation peut être affichée avec un contexte de visualisation sur le second affichage.

APPARATUS FOR THE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF GREY WATER AND WASHING METHOD

Il s'agit d'un appareil de récupération et traitement des eaux grises et son procédé de lavage qui se basent sur les sciences physique et chimique. Cet appareil consiste en un bassin à réaction biologique, des modules de membranes, un réservoir d'eau propre, le système de conduite d'alimentation et d'évacuation du bassin à réaction biologique, le système de conduite de sortie d'eau propre depuis le réservoir d'eau propre, le système de conduite servant à l'introduction d'eau depuis les modules de membranes jusqu'au réservoir d'eau propre ainsi que le 1er système d'aération destiné à nettoyer les modules de membranes. Il se caractérise en ce que l'appareil est doté également d'un filtre à membrane et d'un système de rétrolavage. Les modules de membranes précités se trouvent dans le filtre. Et ledit système de rétrolavage qui sert à laver le filtre est raccordé aux modules de membranes et à sa partie supérieure par la conduite de sortie d'eau. Le procédé de lavage est comme suit: A. L'appareil ...

APPARATUS OF RECOVERY AND GRAY WATER TREATMENT AND PROCEEDED OF WASHING

Graft for obtaining pearl beads, has band that is cut along periphery of coating of nacreous mollusk donor, where band is provided with external epithelium, and fragment of middle pad, and epithelium is separated from internal epithelium

L'invention est relative à un greffon de perliculture utilisé pour obtenir des perles ayant une couleur déterminée, obtenu à partir d'une bande qui est découpée à la périphérie du manteau d'un mollusque nacrier donneur, la bande est constituée d'épithélium externe (5) et comporte un fragment de bourrelet médian (3.2) dudit manteau.

APPARATUS FOR THE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF GREY WATER AND WASHING METHOD

VISUALIZATIONS DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN DISPLAYS AND CONTEXTS

La présente invention concerne un appareil et un procédé comportant l'affichage d'une visualisation d'un objet dans une zone de bordure d'un premier affichage basé sur de premières caractéristiques d'affichage, la détermination des secondes caractéristiques d'affichage d'un second affichage, et le formatage de la visualisation basée sur les secondes caractéristiques d'affichage. La visualisation est ensuite fournie au second affichage, sans au moins une partie de la zone de bordure, pour l'affichage sur le second affichage.

FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR Z2FET HAS SLOPE UNDER THE THRESHOLD VERTICAL AND WITHOUT IONIZATION BY IMPACT

Le transistor comporte des première et deuxième électrodes source/drain (2, 3) formées dans un film semi-conducteur (4) par des zones dopées respectivement N et P. Une polarisation est appliquée entre les deux électrodes source/drain (2, 3) pour imposer sur l'électrode dopée de type P un potentiel supérieur à celui de l'électrode dopée de type N. Le transistor comporte des premier et deuxième dispositifs de génération de barrière de potentiel (Q, R) dans le film semi-conducteur (4). Les deux barrières de potentiel (Q, R) s'opposent au passage des porteurs de charge émis respectivement par les première et deuxième électrodes source/drain (2, 3). Les deux barrières de potentiel (Q, R) sont décalées selon un axe (X) reliant les deux électrodes source/drain (2, 3). Un des dispositifs de génération de barrière de potentiel est configuré pour générer une barrière de potentiel à amplitude modulable et il est relié électriquement à la grille (1).

DYNAMIC CELL STORAGE PROVIDED With a FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR HAS SLOPE UNDER the VERTICAL THRESHOLD

Une cellule mémoire est munie d'un transistor qui comporte des électrodes source et de drain (2, 3) formées dans un film semi-conducteur (4) par des zones dopées respectivement N et P. Le transistor comporte des premier et deuxième dispositifs de génération de barrière de potentiel (Q, R) dans le film semi-conducteur (4). Les deux barrières de potentiel (Q, R) sont décalées latéralement et s'opposent au passage des porteurs de charge émis l'électrode de source/drain la plus proche. Un des dispositifs de génération de barrière de potentiel est relié électriquement à la grille (1). L'écriture d'un état haut est réalisé en imposant sur l'électrode de type P un potentiel supérieur à celui de l'électrode de type N et charger le condensateur former entre la grille (1) et le film semi-conducteur (4). La réinitialisation de la cellule mémoire est obtenu en vidant le condensateur.

METHOD FOR PREPARING GRAFTS FOR THE PEARL CULTURE

HIGH CURRENT TUNNEL TRANSISTOR BY AMPLIFYING BIPOLAR

METHOD FOR CUTTING A GRAFT FOR DETERMINING THE COLOR OF THE PEARL

PROCESS OF CULTURE OF PEARLS STIMULEE BY PROTEINS Of ORIGIN NACRIERE

METHOD OF FINISHING BEAD

METHOD OF FINISHING BEADS

L'invention consiste en un procédé de finition d'une perle comprenant les étapes suivantes : a - Identification d'au moins un défaut présent sur la perle, b - Application sur le défaut d'un décor ayant au moins deux dimensions, c - Fixation du décor et polissage.

Method for preparing grafts from Pincizada margaritifira oyster for pearl culture, involves cutting strip of mantle of oyster on periphery of mantle, and spreading strip on clean and damp cloth so as to retain some of mucus

L'invention concerne un procédé de préparation de greffons pour la culture perlière comportant les étapes suivantes : a- sélectionner l'huître, b- ouvrir l'huître et retirer les branchies, c- positionner l'huître de telle sorte que le manteau se relaxe, d- découper une bande à la périphérie du manteau, e- étaler la bande sur un tissu de manière à conserver une partie du mucus, f- exciser le bourrelet médian, g- éliminer l'exsudat de la bande, h- séparer l'épithélium externe et le bourrelet externe, l'épithélium interne, le bourrelet interne et le tissu fibreux associé sont éliminés, i- découper la bande en carrés de 2 à 4 mm de côté.

DYNAMIC MEMORY CELL HAVING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH SUBTHRESHOLD SLOPE VERTICALLY

Stimulative composition for producing cultured pearls, has proteins and lipids in respective proportions that are adapted to support growth composition of pearls, and to support shining effect and quality of skin of produced pearl

L'invention concerne une composition stimulante pour produire des perles de culture, comprenant au moins des protéines et des lipides dans des proportions respectives adaptées pour favoriser la croissance, et favoriser l'éclat et la qualité de la peau de la perle produite.

APPARATUS OF RECOVERY AND GRAY WATER TREATMENT AND PROCEEDED OF WASHING

STRUCTURE CENTRIFUGAL WATER SPRAYING AND SHOWER HEAD COMPRISING THE SAME

Une structure de pulvérisation d'eau centrifuge est fournie. La structure de pulvérisation d'eau centrifuge comprend : une chambre ayant un axe de chambre et munie d'une ouverture ; un dispositif de projection d'eau pour projeter de l'eau dans la chambre dans une direction non parallèle à l'axe de chambre, en créant ainsi un écoulement tourbillonnaire dans la chambre ; et un bouchon rotatif reçu dans la chambre. Une extrémité du bouchon rotatif vient en butée contre un bord de l'ouverture de la chambre de sorte qu'une étanchéité est formée entre le bouchon rotatif et le bord de l'ouverture, et l'autre extrémité du bouchon rotatif est une extrémité libre de sorte que le bouchon rotatif peut être amené à tourner autour de l'axe de chambre par l'écoulement tourbillonnaire. Un passage d'eau de bouchon est formé à l'intérieur du bouchon rotatif. En outre, une pomme de douche utilisant la structure de pulvérisation d'eau centrifuge est fournie.

HIGH CURRENT TUNNEL TRANSISTOR BY AMPLIFYING BIPOLAR

L'invention concerne un transistor à effet tunnel dont la région drain (140, 440, 540) comporte une première zone dopée (111, 411, 511) selon un dopage d'un premier type, et une deuxième zone dopée (112, 412, 512) selon un dopage d'un deuxième type formant avec la première zone une jonction.

Method for inspecting surface defects of ferromagnetic material by geomagnetic field

Kanalidentifizierung in Kommunikationsnetzwerken

动物核酸IRNA口服液及其制备方法

... 一种动物核酸IRNA口服液，其特征在于它是由动物核酸IRNA与辅助剂及专用水构成，动物核酸IRNA与辅助剂与专用水的比例为6-25万单位：10-50克：1千克，上述所说的产品性状为无色带有絮状物透明液体。方法为在配制罐中放入专用水，搅拌下加入动物核酸IRNA及辅助剂。本发明的优越性在于：从基因方面去探讨病因及人类正常的衰老死亡，故本口服液研制机理正确，属于高新科技环保产品，填补了动物核酸IRNA类口服液的空白；口服液服用方便，效果明显，且无任何毒副作用，是予防癌症及各类疾病的优良保健品。 ...

Conducting polymer-thickened grease compositions

Rolling element bearing comprising zirconium material

Power self-adaptive variable data rate communicator and method based on RF identification

The device is composed of antenna, matching network outside chip and label chip in radio frequency. The label chip in radio frequency includes bridge type rectification, generation of power source, receiving/transmitting, digital baseband control, and power self-adapting clock etc modules. Module of quantizing voltage supply quantizes voltage, and sets up frequency division number of 1 : n frequency divider. Dividing frequency is carried out based on frequency division number so as to output operation timing of label chip system and decide communication speed rate for returning data. Then, next chip is monitored circularly till all chips are traversed. Applicable to remote radio frequency recognition system, the disclosed method realizes communication in self-adapting variable data rate so as to reach optimum identification distance and identification data rate in operation of identifying radio frequency.

Method, Apparatus and System for Evaluating Quality of Video Streams

A method for evaluating quality of video streams includes: obtaining video streams; obtain coding information of video frames in the video stream; evaluating the single frame quality according to the coding information of the video frames; and evaluating the sequence quality according to the single frame quality evaluation result. An apparatus and a system for evaluating quality are also provided. Thus, the quality of video data packets transmitted in a channel can be predicted accurately, and the single frame quality evaluation result of the video frames can be obtained immediately. 1. A method for evaluating quality of video streams , comprising:obtaining a sequence of video frames for one or more video streams;obtaining coding information associated with video frames in the sequence of video frames;evaluating single frame quality levels for individual frames in the sequence of frames according to the coding information; andevaluating a sequence quality level for the entire sequence of frames in accordance with the single frame quality levels.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the coding information comprises a coding type of the video frames claim 1 , a coding rate claim 1 , a packet loss information claim 1 , and a frame rate parameter of the sequence of video frames.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein evaluating the single frame quality levels comprises: using the coding type of the video frames claim 2 , the coding rate claim 2 , the packet loss information claim 2 , and the frame rate parameter of the sequence of video frames to evaluate the single frame quality levels claim 2 , wherein the coding type identifies each frame as an intra coded (I) frame claim 2 , a predicted (P) frame claim 2 , or a bidirectional (B) frame.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: outputting the single frame quality levels or the sequence quality level.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein evaluating the single frame ...

METHOD FOR PICTURE PREDICTION, ENCODER, AND DECODER

A method for picture prediction, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The method includes the following. An initial predicted value of a colour component to-be-predicted of a current block in a picture is obtained through a prediction model. The initial predicted value is filtered and a target predicted value of the colour component to-be-predicted of the current block is obtained. 1. A method for picture prediction , implemented in a decoder and comprising:obtaining an initial predicted value of a colour component to-be-predicted of a current block in a picture through a prediction model; andfiltering the initial predicted value and obtaining a target predicted value of the colour component to-be-predicted of the current block.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein filtering the initial predicted value and obtaining the target predicted value of the colour component to-be-predicted of the current block comprises:filtering the initial predicted value by using a preset processing mode, wherein the preset processing mode comprises value modification; andobtaining the target predicted value according to a result of the filtering.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining, according to the colour component to-be-referenced of the current block, a reference value of the colour component to-be-predicted of the current block.4. A method for picture prediction claim 1 , implemented in an encoder and comprising:obtaining an initial predicted value of a colour component to-be-predicted of a current block in a picture through a prediction model; andfiltering the initial predicted value and obtaining a target predicted value of the colour component to-be-predicted of the current block.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein filtering the initial predicted value and obtaining the target predicted value of the colour component to-be-predicted of the current block comprises:filtering the initial predicted value by using a preset processing mode, wherein the preset ...

FILTERING METHOD AND DEVICE, ENCODER AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

Disclosed are a filtering method and device, an encoder and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring sample information to be filtered, acquiring at least one piece of side information, and inputting at least two components of the sample information to be filtered and at least one piece of side information into a filter based on a neural network so as to output at least one component after the sample information to be filtered is filtered. Further provided are a filtering device, an encoder and a computer storage medium. 1. A filtering method , applied to an encoder , comprising:acquiring sample information to be filtered;acquiring at least one type of side information; andinputting at least two colour component values of the sample information to be filtered and the at least one type of side information into a neural network based filter to output and obtain at least one colour component value after the sample information to be filtered is filtered.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein inputting the at least two colour component values of the sample information to be filtered and the at least one type of side information into the neural network based filter to output and obtain the at least one colour component value after the sample information to be filtered is filtered claim 1 , comprises:processing each colour component value of the at least two colour component values respectively to obtain at least two processed colour component values;performing a fusing processing according to the at least one type of side information and the at least two processed colour component values to obtain fusing information of the sample information to be filtered; andprocessing the fusing information to obtain the at least one colour component value after the sample information to be filtered is filtered.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when first side information corresponding to each colour component value is acquired claim 2 , accordingly ...

Image Decoding Method, Decoder and Storage Medium

Described are an image decoding method, a decoder and a storage medium. The image decoding method comprises: receiving code stream data, and parsing the code stream data to obtain a coding tree unit corresponding to the code stream data; detecting an ith node of an ith layer corresponding to the coding tree unit to obtain an ith detection result, i being an integer greater than 0; acquiring, according to the ith detection result, a (i+1)th node of a (i+1)th layer corresponding to the coding tree unit; continuing to detect the (i+1)th node, and traversing all the nodes corresponding to the coding tree unit until all the coding unit data corresponding to the coding tree unit is obtained; and generating a decoded image corresponding to the code stream data according to all the nodes and all the coding unit data. 1. A method of picture decoding , comprising:receiving bitstream data and parsing the bitstream data to obtain a coding tree unit corresponding to the bitstream data;detecting an i-th node of an i-th layer corresponding to the coding tree unit to obtain an i-th detection result, i being an integer greater than 0;acquiring an (i+1)-th node of an (i+1)-th layer corresponding to the coding tree unit according to the i-th detection result;continuing to detect the (i+1)-th node, and traversing all nodes corresponding to the coding tree unit until data of all coding units corresponding to the coding tree unit is obtained; andgenerating a decoding picture corresponding to the bitstream data according to all the nodes and the data of all the coding units.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring the (i+1)-th node of the (i+1)-th layer corresponding to the coding tree unit according to the i-th detection result comprises:acquiring data of an i-th coding unit of the i-th layer and splitting the i-th node to obtain the (i+1)-th node of the (i+1)-th layer corresponding to the coding tree unit when the i-th detection result is that there is data and ...

METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE, ENCODER, AND DECODER

Methods for determining a prediction value, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. Reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block are acquired, and then filtered to obtain a reference value set of the current block. When a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value, a first constant value is calculated according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block. A difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set is determined as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set. Other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value are determined according to the reference value set. Prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block is calculated and then filtered. 1. A method for determining a prediction value , being applicable to an encoder and comprising:acquiring reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block;wherein, the reconstructed values of neighboring samples comprise samples in a top neighboring row and a left neighboring column of the current block;filtering the reconstructed values of the neighboring samples to obtain a reference value set of the current block;calculating a first constant value according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block, when a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value;determining a difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set;determining, according to the reference value set, other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value;calculating, according to the prediction input value set, prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block; andperforming ...

METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE, ENCODER, AND DECODER

Methods for determining a prediction value, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. Reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block are acquired, and then filtered to obtain a reference value set of the current block. When a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value, a first constant value is calculated according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block. A difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set is determined as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set. Other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value are determined according to the reference value set. Prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block is calculated and then filtered. 1. A method for determining a prediction value , being applicable to an encoder and comprising:acquiring reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block;filtering the reconstructed values of the neighboring samples to obtain a reference value set of the current block;wherein in the reference value set, the number of values contained in filtered reference values of top neighboring samples and the number of values contained in filtered reference values of left neighboring samples are equal;calculating a first constant value according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block, when a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value;determining a difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set;determining, according to the reference value set, other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value;calculating, according to the prediction input value set, prediction values of ...

METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE, ENCODER, AND DECODER

Methods for determining a prediction value, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. Reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block are acquired, and then filtered to obtain a reference value set of the current block. When a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value, a first constant value is calculated according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block. A difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set is determined as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set. Other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value are determined according to the reference value set. Prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block is calculated and then filtered. 1. A method for determining a prediction value , being applicable to an encoder and comprising:acquiring reconstructed values of neighboring samples of a current block;filtering the reconstructed values of the neighboring samples to obtain a reference value set of the current block;calculating a first constant value according to a bit depth value of a luma component of a sample in the current block, when a size of the current block is smaller than a preset threshold value;determining a difference between the first constant value and a first reference value in the reference value set as a first prediction input value in a prediction input value set;determining, according to the reference value set, other prediction input values in the prediction input value set other than the first prediction input value;calculating prediction values of samples at specific positions in the current block, according to the prediction input value set, a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) matrix, a weighting parameter, and a bit right shift parameter; andperforming interpolation filtering on the prediction values of the ...

METHOD FOR INTER PREDICTION METHOD, VIDEO PICTURE ENCODER AND DECODER

A method and apparatus for inter prediction. According to the position of a current block in a video picture, first motion information and second candidate motion information is determined, the motion information at least includes a motion vector; it is determined whether the distance between the motion vector of the first motion information and the motion vector of the second candidate motion information is greater than a first threshold; if the determination result is that the distance is less than or equal to the first threshold, the second candidate motion information is updated to obtain second motion information; if the determination result is that the distance is greater than the first threshold, the second candidate motion information is taken as the second motion information; and inter prediction is performed on the current block by using the first motion information and the second motion information. 1. A method for inter prediction , applied to a video picture encoder , and comprising:determining first motion information and second candidate motion information according to a position of a current block in a video picture, wherein the motion information at least comprises motion vectors;judging whether a distance between a motion vector of the first motion information and a motion vector of the second candidate motion information is greater than a first threshold value;when a judgment result indicates that the distance is less than or equal to the first threshold value, updating the second candidate motion information to obtain second motion information; when the judgment result indicates that the distance is greater than the first threshold value, taking the second candidate motion information as the second motion information; andperforming inter prediction on the current block by using the first motion information and the second motion information.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the judging whether the distance between the motion vector of the first ...

COLOUR COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Disclosed are a colour component prediction method, an encoder, a decoder, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a neighbouring reference sample set of a current block, and determining a preset parameter value corresponding to the current block, wherein the neighbouring reference sample set comprises at least one reference sample; caching the neighbouring reference sample set and the preset parameter value to create an input reference sample set; determining an input sample matrix using a first preset calculation model according to the reference sample set; and performing colour component prediction on the current block according to the input sample matrix to obtain a prediction block of the current block.

Reduced size configuration interface

An electronic device with a camera invokes a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device. The electronic device obtains an image via the camera. The image contains a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, and the pattern comprises identifying information of the external device. The electronic device receives data from the external device, determines whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information, and, in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registers the external device as a paired device. In some examples, the electronic device is a smartphone and the external device is a wearable electronic device. Pairing the electronic device and the external device may allow the devices to exchange information and operate interactively with one another.

METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING VIDEO QUALITY

A method, a system, and an apparatus for evaluating video quality are disclosed to improve accuracy of the evaluation. The method includes: obtaining information about a transmitted video; resolving the information about the transmitted video to obtain video frame parameters, where the video frame parameters include a compression distortion parameter and/or a video quality distortion parameter with packet loss; and calculating a video frame quality parameter according to the video frame parameters. An apparatus and a system for evaluating video quality are provided. The embodiments of the present invention improve accuracy of video quality evaluation without reference. 1. A method for evaluating video quality , comprising:obtaining information about a transmitted video;resolving the information about the transmitted video to obtain video frame parameters, wherein the video frame parameters comprise a compression distortion parameter and/or a video quality distortion parameter with packet loss; andcalculating a video frame quality parameter according to the video frame parameters.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the calculating of the video frame quality parameter according to the video frame parameters comprises:calculating the video frame quality parameter according to the compression distortion parameter; orcalculating the video frame quality parameter according to the video quality distortion parameter with packet loss; orcalculating the video frame quality parameter according to the compression distortion parameter and the video quality distortion parameter with packet loss.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:at least a code rate of video frame information and a quantization factor are used in the obtaining of the compression distortion parameter.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the resolving of the information about the transmitted video to obtain the compression distortion parameter in the video frame parameters comprises: ...

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

A semiconductor device, having a substrate including an insulating plate and a circuit board provided on a front surface of the insulating plate. The circuit board has a first disposition area and a second disposition area with a gap therebetween, and a groove portion, of which a longitudinal direction is parallel to the gap, formed in the gap. The semiconductor device further includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip located on the circuit board in the first disposition area and the second disposition area, respectively, and a blocking member located in the gap across the groove portion in parallel to the longitudinal direction in a plan view of the semiconductor device. 1. A semiconductor device , comprising: an insulating plate having a front surface, and', a first disposition area and a second disposition area with a gap therebetween, and', 'a groove portion, of which a longitudinal direction is parallel to the gap, formed in the gap;, 'a circuit board provided on the front surface of the insulating plate, the circuit board having'}], 'a substrate including'}a first semiconductor chip located on the circuit board in the first disposition area;a second semiconductor chip located on the circuit board in the second disposition area; anda blocking member located in the gap across the groove portion in parallel to the longitudinal direction in a plan view of the semiconductor device.2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking member is of a linear shape.3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the blocking member is longer than the groove portion in the longitudinal direction.4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the blocking member is narrower than a width of the groove portion.5. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the blocking member is made of a metal.6. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the blocking member is bonded to ...

PROCESSING METHOD FOR MOTION COMPENSATION, ENCODER, AND DECODER

Processing methods for motion compensation, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The method includes the following. Determine a search position constellation with a point pointed by an initial motion vector as a center point, where the search position constellation includes N directions, search for at least one search point by using at least one type of step lengths in the directions, where the at least one search point at least includes at least one search point in diagonal directions. Search for at least one search position from the search position constellation based on a preset range coverage rule, where the preset range coverage rule is to arrange search points in the directions for search. Obtain a new motion vector according to the at least one search position, and perform motion compensation based on the new motion vector to obtain a prediction value of a coding unit (CU). 1. A processing method for motion compensation , applied to a decoder and comprising:determining a search position constellation with a point pointed by an initial motion vector as a center point, wherein the search position constellation comprises N directions, search for at least one search point by using at least one type of step lengths in the directions, N is an integer larger than or equal to 1, wherein the at least one search point at least comprises at least one search point in diagonal directions, and the diagonal directions are respectively: upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right relative to the center point;searching for at least one search position from the search position constellation based on a preset range coverage rule, wherein the preset range coverage rule is to arrange search points in the directions for search; andobtaining a new motion vector according to the at least one search position, and performing motion compensation based on the new motion vector to obtain a prediction value of a coding unit (CU).2. The method of claim 1 , whereinthe at least ...

METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING PICTURES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS

A method for decoding a picture, a method for encoding a picture, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The method for encoding a picture includes (i) determining a width and a height of a coding block in the picture; (ii) if the width and the height are equal to N, where N is a positive integer power of 2, determining a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) size identifier indicating that an MIP prediction size equal to N; (iii) deriving a group of reference samples of the coding block; and (iv) deriving an MIP prediction of the coding block based on the group of reference samples and an MIP matrix corresponding to the MIP size identifier.

PREDICTION METHOD FOR DECODING AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

A prediction method, apparatus, and a computer storage medium for decoding, the method includes: acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a decoding block; determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions to be selected corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples; selecting reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions to be selected from the reference samples based on the reference sample positions to be selected; and performing prediction decoding on the decoding block based on the selected reference samples. 1. A prediction method for decoding , comprising:acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a coding block; 'determining the reference point from the at least one side, and determining first reference sample position and second reference sample position near the reference point as the reference sample positions according to the preset number of samples;', 'determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples, wherein the determining comprisesderiving reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions from the reference samples; andperforming prediction on the coding block based on the derived reference samples.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference point is at a middle position of the reference sample positions.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining, when the length of the at least one side is 8 and the preset number of samples is 3, the reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side to be 2, 3 and 4, or 3, 4 and 5.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one side comprises at least one of a left side or an upper side of the coding block.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference point from the at least one ...

PREDICTION METHOD FOR DECODING AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

A prediction method, apparatus, and a computer storage medium for decoding, the method includes: acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a decoding block; determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions to be selected corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples; selecting reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions to be selected from the reference samples based on the reference sample positions to be selected; and performing prediction decoding on the decoding block based on the selected reference samples. 1. A prediction method for decoding , comprising:acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a coding block; 'determining, when the length of the at least one side is 8 and the preset number of samples is 2, the reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side to be 2 and 6;', 'determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples, wherein the determining comprisesderiving reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions from the reference samples; andperforming prediction on the coding block based on the derived reference samples.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one side comprises at least one of a left side or an upper side of the coding block.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference point from the at least one side comprises:based on a length of the at least one side, responsive to that the midpoint of the at least one side is at a middle position between two reference samples, determining a first reference sample position on the right of the middle position as the reference point of the at least one side, or determining a first reference sample position on the left of the middle position as the reference point of the at ...

PREDICTION METHOD FOR DECODING AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

A prediction method, apparatus, and a computer storage medium for decoding, the method includes: acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a decoding block; determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions to be selected corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples; selecting reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions to be selected from the reference samples based on the reference sample positions to be selected; and performing prediction decoding on the decoding block based on the selected reference samples. 1. A prediction method for decoding , comprising:acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a coding block;determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples;deriving reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions from the reference samples; and determining model parameters of a prediction model based on the derived reference samples, wherein the prediction model is configured to represent a prediction relationship between a first colour component and a second colour component corresponding to a sample in the coding block; and', 'performing prediction on the coding block based on the prediction model., 'performing prediction on the coding block based on the derived reference samples, wherein the performing prediction comprises3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one side comprises at least one of a left side or an upper side of the coding block.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference point from the at least one side comprises:based on a length of the at least one side, responsive to that the midpoint of the at least one side is at a middle position between two reference samples, determining a first reference sample position on the right of ...

PREDICTION METHOD FOR DECODING AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

A prediction method, apparatus, and a computer storage medium for decoding, the method includes: acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a decoding block; determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions to be selected corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples; selecting reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions to be selected from the reference samples based on the reference sample positions to be selected; and performing prediction decoding on the decoding block based on the selected reference samples. 1. A prediction method for decoding , comprising:acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a coding block; calculating a first sampling interval based on the preset number of samples and the length of the at least one side; and', 'determining the reference point from the at least one side, and determining the reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side according to the first sampling interval;, 'determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples, wherein the determining comprisesderiving reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions from the reference samples; andperforming prediction on the coding block based on the derived reference samples.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one side comprises at least one of a left side or an upper side of the coding block.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference point from the at least one side comprises:based on a length of the at least one side, responsive to that the midpoint of the at least one side is at a middle position between two reference samples, determining a first reference sample position on the right of the middle position as the reference point of the at least one ...

POINT CLOUD PROCESSING METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Provided are a point cloud processing method, an encoder and a decoder. The method comprises: performing geometric coordinate conversion and quantization on original coding points in a point cloud to be coded to obtain coding points; acquiring three-dimensional Morton codes of the coding points and a preset number of slice partitions; shifting the three-dimensional Morton codes rightwards by N bits to obtain M types of Morton codes of parent blocks corresponding to the coding points respectively; determining M first ranges of coding point indexes corresponding to the M types of Morton codes respectively; partitioning a space where coding points within each of the first ranges of coding point indexes are located into an initial slice, and shifting each initial slice leftwards according to a respective corresponding first three-dimensional translation coordinate to obtain M slices; and writing the first range of coding point indexes and the first three-dimensional translation coordinates corresponding to each of the M slices into a bitstream. 1. A method for point cloud processing , applied to an encoder and comprising:performing geometric coordinate transformation and quantization on original coding points in a point cloud to be coded to obtain coding points;acquiring three-dimensional Morton codes of the coding points and a preset number of slice partitions;shifting the three-dimensional Morton codes rightwards by N bits to obtain M types of Morton codes of parent blocks corresponding to the coding points respectively, the M types of Morton codes corresponding to M types of first parent blocks, M being less than or equal to the preset number of slice partitions, and N being a positive integer more than or equal to 1;determining M first ranges of coding point indexes corresponding to the M types of Morton codes respectively;partitioning a space where coding points within each of the first ranges of coding point indexes are located into an initial slice, and shifting ...

ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION PREDICTION METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Provided is a method for predicting attribute information, a coder, a decoder, and a storage medium. The coder determines a current Morton code corresponding to a point to be predicted in a point cloud to be coded, determines a target Morton code corresponding to the point to be predicted based on the current Morton code and according to a preset neighbor information table, judges whether a neighbor point of the point to be predicted exists in the point cloud to be coded according to the target Morton code, and performs prediction to obtain a predicted attribute value of the point to be predicted according to attribute reconstruction information of the neighbor point in response to that the neighbor point exists in the point cloud to be coded. 1. A method for predicting attribute information for predicting attribute information , applied to a coder , the method comprising:determining position information corresponding to a current point in a point cloud;determining target position information corresponding to the current point based on the position information according to a preset neighbor information table, the preset neighbor information table being used for determining a coordinate difference between a neighbor position of the current point and a preset reference point;judging whether a neighbor point of the current point exists in the point cloud according to the target position information; andperforming prediction to obtain a predicted attribute value of the current point according to attribute reconstruction information of the neighbor point in response to that the neighbor point exists in the point cloud.2. The method of claim 1 , before the determining the target position information corresponding to the current point based on the position information according to a preset neighbor information table claim 1 , further comprising:establishing the preset neighbor information table corresponding to the current point.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ...

ISOLATION OF NOVEL BIOACTIVE COMPOUND OBTAINED FROM OIL PALM BASE MATERIALS

Present invention relates to a composition comprising novel bioactive compound obtained from oil palm based materials and the method of isolating bioactive compound thereof, wherein said compound is an indolacetic acid derivative. The compound is having at least one variation of moiety. 1. A composition comprising a bioactive compound obtained from oil palm based materials , wherein said compound is an indolacetic acid derivative.3. The composition as claimed in wherein said compound having at least one variation of moiety (X).4. The composition as claimed in wherein said moiety is from a hydroxyl group.5. The composition as claimed in wherein said moiety is a hydroxide molecule (—OH).6. The composition as claimed in wherein said moiety is from an amide group.7. The composition as claimed in wherein said moiety is an amidogen molecule (—NH).8. The composition as claimed in wherein said compound comprising two variations of moiety in bioactive compounds in the ratio of 1:1.9. The composition as claimed in wherein said bioactive compound is extracted from palm oil based wastes.10. The composition as claimed in wherein said bioactive compound is extracted from oil palm vegetation liquor.11. The composition as claimed in wherein said bioactive compound is extracted from palm oil mill effluent.12. The composition as claimed in is useful for providing bioactive properties.13. A method of isolating bioactive compound obtained from oil palm based material comprising the steps of:extracting said oil palm based material for oil palm phenolics (OPP),preparing compound for HPLC analysis,subjecting compound to HPLC analysis, andisolating compound for fraction of interest.14. The method of isolating bioactive compound as claimed in further comprising the step of subjecting said fraction to analytical HPLC analysis.15. The method of isolating bioactive compound as claimed in wherein said step of subjecting said fraction to analytical HPLC analysis further comprising the step of ...

VIDEO PICTURE COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

Provided are a video picture component prediction method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method may comprise: acquiring a reference value set of a first picture component of a current block; determining, from the reference value set of the first picture component, multiple first picture component reference values; respectively carrying out first filtering processing on a sample value of a sample corresponding to each of the multiple first picture component reference values to obtain multiple filtered first picture reference sample values; determining reference values, corresponding to the multiple filtered first picture reference sample values, of a picture component to be predicted; according to the multiple filtered first picture reference sample values and the reference values of the picture component to be predicted, determining a parameter of a component linear model; according to the component linear model, carrying out mapping processing on a reconstruction value of the first picture component of the current block to obtain a mapping value; and according to the mapping value, determining a prediction value of the picture component to be predicted of the current block. 1. A picture component prediction method , applied to a decoder , the method comprising:determining a first picture component reference value set of a current block;determining multiple first picture component reference values according to the first picture component reference value set;performing first filtering processing on sample values of samples corresponding to the multiple first picture component reference values, respectively, to determine multiple filtered first picture reference sample values;determining a parameter of a component linear model according to the multiple filtered first picture reference sample values and a corresponding to-be-predicted picture component reference values, the to-be-predicted picture component being a picture component which is different ...

PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Picture coding and decoding methods, an encoder, a decoder and a storage medium are provided. The encoder, before performing coding processing according to a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) mode, sets initial right shift parameters corresponding to different sizes and different MIP mode numbers as an uniform offset parameter, the offset parameter indicating a number of right shifting bits of a predicted value, and when performing coding processing according to the MIP mode, performs coding processing according to the offset parameter. The decoder, before performing decoding processing according to an MIP mode, sets initial right shift parameters corresponding to different sizes and different MIP mode numbers as an uniform offset parameter, the offset parameter indicating a number of right shifting bits of a predicted value, and when performing decoding processing according to the MIP mode, performs decoding processing according to the offset parameter. 1. A picture coding method , applied to an encoder and comprising:before coding processing is performed according to a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) mode, setting initial right shift parameters corresponding to different sizes and different MIP mode numbers as an uniform offset parameter, wherein the offset parameter indicates a number of right shifting bits of a predicted value; andwhen coding processing is performed according to the MIP mode, performing coding processing according to the offset parameter.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the initial right shift parameters corresponding to the different sizes and the different MIP mode numbers as the uniform offset parameter comprises:when an initial right shift parameter is different from the offset parameter, modifying the initial right shift parameter to the offset parameter, to enable the numbers of right shifting bits of all predicted values corresponding to all sizes and all MIP mode numbers to be the same.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein ...

IMAGE CODING/DECODING METHOD, CODER, DECODER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Provided are a picture encoding and decoding method, an encoder, a decoder and a storage medium. The decoder decodes a bitstream to obtain a size, a coding mode, and residuals of a current block; when the coding mode of the current block is an MIP mode, calculates a second offset based on the size of the current block, a first offset and reconstructed values of adjacent pixels corresponding to the current block; calculates a second prediction value of a pixel at a preset position in the current block by using the second offset, the preset position being a particular position in the current block; performs filtering on the second prediction value to obtain first prediction values of all pixels in the current block; and calculates sum values of the first prediction values and the residuals, and sets the sum values as reconstructed values of the current block. 1. A picture encoding method , applicable to an encoder , the method comprising:determining a size of a current block;when encoding the current block by using a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) mode, calculating a second offset based on the size of the current block, a first offset and reconstructed values of adjacent pixels corresponding to the current block;calculating a second prediction value of a pixel at a preset position in the current block by using the second offset, wherein the preset position is a particular position in the current block;performing filtering on the second prediction value to obtain first prediction values of all pixels in the current block;calculating residuals between original values and the first prediction values of the current block; andencoding the residuals.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first offset is a constant.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining an MIP block size index corresponding to the current block according to the size of the current block; anddetermining the first offset according to the MIP block size index.4. The method of claim 3 , ...

PREDICTION METHOD FOR DECODING AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

A prediction method for decoding and apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a decoding block; determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions to be selected corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples; selecting reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions to be selected from the reference samples based on the reference sample positions to be selected; and performing prediction decoding on the decoding block based on the selected reference samples. 1. A prediction method for decoding , comprising:acquiring reference samples adjacent to at least one side of a decoding block;determining a reference point from the at least one side and determining reference sample positions to be selected corresponding to the at least one side according to a preset number of samples;selecting reference samples corresponding to the reference sample positions to be selected from the reference samples based on the reference sample positions to be selected; andperforming prediction decoding on the decoding block based on the selected reference samples.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one side comprises at least one of a left side or an upper side of the decoding block.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference point from the at least one side comprises:based on a length of the at least one side, responsive to that the midpoint of the at least one side is at a middle position between two reference samples, determining a first reference sample position on the right of the middle position as the reference point of the at least one side, or determining a first reference sample position on the left of the middle position as the reference point of the at least one side.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the reference point from the at least one side ...

NOVEL BIOACTIVE COMPOUND OBTAINED FROM OIL PALM BASE MATERIALS

This disclosure is directed to a novel bioactive compound obtained from oil palm based materials and compositions containing said bioactive compound. The bioactive compound obtained in accordance with the present invention has a molecular mass of 482. The bioactive compound also has potent HIV reverse transcriptase activity and antioxidant activity. 1. A composition comprising a bioactive compound obtained from oil palm based materials , wherein the molecular weight of said compound is 482.2. The composition as claimed in wherein the bioactive compound is extracted from palm oil based wastes.3. The composition as claimed in wherein the bioactive compound is extracted from oil palm vegetation liquor.4. The composition as claimed in wherein the compound is extracted from palm oil mill effluent.5. Use of a compound obtained from oil palm based materials as the active ingredient for the preparation of a composition useful for providing bioactive properties. whereby the molecular weight of said compound is 482.6. The use according to claim 5 , wherein the compound is obtained from palm oil based wastes.7. The use according to claim 5 , wherein the compound is obtained from oil palm vegetation liquor.8. The use according to claim 5 , wherein the compound is obtained from palm oil mill effluent. This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/417,741, filed Jan. 27, 2015, which is a national stage of PCT/MY2013/000135, filed Jul. 26, 2013, which claims benefit of Malaysian App. No. PI 2012700505, filed Jul. 27, 2012; all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.The invention generally relates to bioactive compounds and more particularly to a phenolic compound obtained from plants and plant-based material, with said compound exhibiting highly significant bioactive properties.The demand for bioactive compounds is expected to increase dramatically with the increase in world population and thus the need for various industrial and ...

MAPPING METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

Disclosed in the implementations of the present disclosure are a mapping method, an encoder, a decoder, and a computer storage medium. The method may include: determining an intra prediction mode used at the time of encoding or decoding a current block; mapping, if the intra prediction mode is a MIP mode, the MIP mode to a first non-MIP mode; and mapping, if the intra prediction mode is a non-MIP mode, the non-MIP mode to a second MIP mode. 1. A method for decoding a picture , applied to a decoder , wherein the method comprises:determining an intra prediction mode for a current block;when the intra prediction mode is a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) mode, setting the MIP mode to be the intra prediction mode for luma component of the current block;mapping the MIP mode to a first non-MIP mode; wherein the first non-MIP mode is used for determining the intra prediction mode for chroma component of the current block, the first non-MIP mode is one of preset non-MIP modes, and the non-MIP modes comprise at least one of a direct current (DC) mode, planar mode and angular prediction mode;using the intra prediction mode for the luma component and the intra prediction mode for the chroma component to decode the current block.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-MIP mode is the planar mode.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the intra prediction mode for the current block comprises:decoding prediction mode information signalled in a bitstream, wherein the prediction mode information indicates the intra prediction mode for the current block.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-MIP mode is used as a parameter for determining the intra prediction mode for chroma component of the current block.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-MIP mode is determined as the intra prediction mode for chroma component of the current block.6. A decoder claim 1 , comprises a processor and a storage medium ...

Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Manipulating User Interface Objects with Visual and/or Haptic Feedback

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays a plurality of user interface objects in a first user interface; detects a contact while a focus selector is at a location of a first user interface object; and, while the focus selector is at the location of the first user interface object: detects an increase in a characteristic intensity of the contact to a first intensity threshold; in response, visually obscures the plurality of user interface objects, other than the first user interface object, while maintaining display of the first user interface object; detects that the characteristic intensity of the contact continues to increase above the first intensity threshold; and, in response, dynamically increases the amount of visual obscuring of the plurality of user interface objects, other than the first user interface object.

INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

An intra prediction method and device and a computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising: configuring actual angle modes indicated by relative angle numbers, wherein the relative angle numbers are successively represented within a prediction direction range corresponding to a preset width and height relationship; starting from a starting angle, using a corresponding actual angle mode after sampling preset angle sample points, said starting angle being determined according to the width and height relationship of processing blocks and the prediction direction range corresponding to the preset width and height relationship, and actual angles having a one-to-one correspondence with the actual angle modes. 1. A method for intra prediction , applied to a decoder , the method comprising:determining multiple neighbouring blocks of a current block;determining first intra prediction modes of the multiple neighbouring blocks;constructing an intra prediction mode list corresponding to the current block based on the first intra prediction modes of the multiple neighbouring blocks, in case that the first intra prediction modes are angular intra prediction modes;determining a first intra prediction mode number of the current block based on the intra prediction mode list;obtaining a width-height ratio of the current block, and mapping, according to the width-height ratio of the current block, the first intra prediction mode number of the current block to a second intra prediction mode number in a wide-angle intra prediction mode;performing prediction for the current block based on a target intra prediction mode corresponding to the second intra prediction mode number of the current block, and obtaining a prediction block.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:obtaining reconstructed blocks of the multiple neighbouring blocks, wherein the reconstructed blocks are obtained by prediction based on intra prediction modes corresponding to ...

METHODS FOR INTRA PREDICTION, ENCODER AND DECODER

A method for intra prediction includes: obtaining multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks corresponding to a current processing block; determining prediction modes, that are signalled in a bitstream, corresponding to neighbouring blocks of the multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks, to obtain multiple first prediction modes; if the multiple first prediction modes comprise at least two directional modes, taking directional modes comprised in the multiple first prediction modes as first prediction directions; performing, according to a preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain second prediction directions; obtaining a prediction mode set according to the second prediction directions and the multiple first prediction modes; and performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set. 1. A method for intra prediction , applied to an encoder , the method comprising:obtaining multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks corresponding to a current processing block;determining prediction modes, that are signalled in a bitstream, corresponding to neighbouring blocks of the multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks, to obtain multiple first prediction modes;if the multiple first prediction modes comprise at least two directional modes, taking directional modes comprised in the multiple first prediction modes as first prediction directions;performing, according to a preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain second prediction directions;obtaining a prediction mode set according to the second prediction directions and the multiple first prediction modes; andperforming intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing intra prediction on the current processing block ...

PREDICTION DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS

A prediction decoding method, a prediction decoding apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. First multiple neighbouring reference samples are obtained by acquiring neighbouring reference samples of a coding block, where the first multiple neighbouring reference samples include reference samples in a reference row or a reference column neighbouring the coding block. Positions corresponding to K reference samples are determined from a starting position of the reference row or the reference column, where K is a positive integer. Second multiple neighbouring reference samples are obtained according to the determined positions corresponding to the K reference samples, where the second multiple neighbouring reference samples include neighbouring reference samples among the first multiple neighbouring reference samples except the K reference samples. Prediction decoding is performed on the coding block according to the second multiple neighbouring reference samples. 1. A prediction decoding method , comprising:obtaining first multiple neighbouring reference samples by acquiring neighbouring reference samples of a coding block, wherein the first multiple neighbouring reference samples comprise reference samples in a reference row or a reference column neighbouring the coding block;determining, from a starting position of the reference row or the reference column, positions corresponding to K reference samples, wherein K is a positive integer;obtaining second multiple neighbouring reference samples according to the determined positions corresponding to the K reference samples, wherein the second multiple neighbouring reference samples comprise neighbouring reference samples among the first multiple neighbouring reference samples except the K reference samples; andperforming prediction decoding on the coding block according to the second multiple neighbouring reference samples.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a prediction ...

Reduced size configuration interface

An electronic device displays at least one device initialization screen. After displaying the at least one device initialization screen, the electronic device displays an instruction screen instructing a user to pair the external device with the electronic device. The electronic device sends first data via wireless communication, displays a pattern comprising identifying information of the electronic device, and receives second data indicating that the external device and the electronic device have been paired using the first data. After receiving the second data, the electronic device provides an aural or haptic indication that the electronic device and the external device have been paired. In some examples, the electronic device is a wearable electronic device and the external device is a smartphone. Pairing the electronic device and the external device may allow the devices to exchange information and operate interactively with one another.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD

A pressing area set on a main surface of a plate-shaped holding jig is arranged on contact parts. The contact parts are pressed against a multilayer board while heating the multilayer board and the pressing area of the holding jig is inclined with a warp of the multilayer board. In this way, when pressing for bonding the contact parts is performed, even if the multilayer board is warped by the heating and the contact parts are shifted, the contact parts are pressed against the multilayer board without fail. 1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method , comprising:preparing a multilayer board and a plurality of contact parts, the multilayer board including an insulating layer, a circuit pattern layer formed on a front surface of the insulating layer, and a metal layer formed on a rear surface of the insulating layer and having an area larger than an area of the circuit pattern layer in a plan view of the multilayer board;arranging each of the plurality of contact parts on the circuit pattern layer of the multilayer board via a bonding material;arranging a pressing area of a main surface of a plate-shaped holding jig on the plurality of contact parts; andwhile heating the multilayer board, pressing the plurality of contact parts against the multilayer board by inclining the pressing area of the holding jig to conform to a warp of the multilayer board.2. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the holding jig includes a plurality of pressing blocks claim 1 , each of which includes a pressing surface claim 1 , and the pressing surfaces are planarly engaged with one another to form the pressing area.3. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 2 ,wherein the arranging of the pressing area includes supporting each of the plurality of contact parts by a corresponding one of the plurality of pressing surfaces of the holding jig, andwherein the pressing of the plurality of contact parts includes pressing the ...

Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Messaging

An electronic device displays a messaging user interface of a messaging application, including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user, and an application affordance. While displaying the messaging user interface, the device detects an input that activates the application affordance. In response to detecting the input that activates the application affordance, the device concurrently displays a launch icon for an application store and a plurality of launch icons for interactive applications. The device detects an input that activates the launch icon for the application store; in response to detecting the input that activates the launch icon for the application store: the device ceases to display the messaging user interface, and displays an application store user interface, including display of at least one interactive application available for download to the electronic device. While displaying the application store user interface, the device detects an input that corresponds to a request to download a first interactive application that is not stored in the memory of the electronic device; and, in response to detecting the input that corresponds to the request to download the first interactive application: the device downloads the first interactive application to the memory; replaces display of the application store user interface with display of the messaging user interface; and adds a launch icon that corresponds to the first interactive application to the display of the plurality of launch icons for interactive applications.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

A semiconductor device having a tubular part is able to prevent the solder from spattering when soldering the tubular part. The semiconductor device has a insulated substrate that has a circuit layer on a front surface thereof, a tubular part that is soldered to the circuit layer, and an external terminal that is inserted into the tubular part and connected electrically to the tubular part. The tubular part has a cylinder portion and a flange portion that is connected to one longitudinal end of the cylinder portion. The flange portion has a first projection, a second projection and a third projection that face the circuit layer. The distance between the first projection and the second projection, the distance between the second projection and the third projection, and the distance between the third projection and the first projection each are greater than the inner diameter of the cylinder portion. 1. A semiconductor device , comprising:an insulated substrate having a circuit layer on a front surface thereof; a cylindrical portion having an inner diameter, and', 'a flange portion connected to one longitudinal end of the cylindrical portion, the flange portion having a first projection, a second projection, and a third projection each facing the circuit layer,', 'a distance between the first projection and the second projection, a distance between the second projection and the third projection, and a distance between the third projection and the first projection each being greater than the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion; and, 'a tubular part soldered to the circuit layer and having'}an external terminal inserted into the cylindrical portion of the tubular part and connected electrically to the tubular part.2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein on an inner circumferential side thereof, a curved surface portion connected to the cylindrical portion, and,', 'on an outer circumferential side thereof, a disc-shaped flat portion connected to ...

Clock faces for an electronic device

A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and/or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTRA PREDICTION

A method and device for intra prediction are provided. The method includes: when determining that a current level obtained by partitioning an input point cloud is lower than a target level, obtaining occupation information of a first number of neighbouring nodes of a current node; extracting occupation information of a second number of neighbouring nodes from the occupation information of the first number of neighbouring nodes, the first number being greater than the second number, and the second number of neighbouring nodes being in an association relationship with a child node of the current node, and performing intra prediction on occupation information of the child node of the current node based on the occupation information of the second number of neighbouring nodes to obtain a first prediction result.

Weather user interface

Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.

Reduced-size user interfaces for dynamically updated application overviews

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can detect a contact with the display, and in response to detecting the contact, the device can display a user interface screen representing a corresponding application. The user interface screen can include an affordance for launching the application, and a set of information obtained from the application, where the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application.

Reduced size configuration interface

An electronic device with a camera invokes a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device. The electronic device obtains an image via the camera. The image contains a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, and the pattern comprises identifying information of the external device. The electronic device receives data from the external device for comparison with the image pattern. The electronic device determines whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information, and, in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registers the external device as a paired device. In some examples, the electronic device is a smartphone and the external device is a wearable electronic device, i.e. a watch. Pairing the electronic device and the external device may allow the devices to exchange information and operate interactively with one another.

Adaptable multi interface zigbee coordinator

THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A ZIGBEE COORDINATOR (ZC) (100) FOR COORDINATING DATA FLOW FOR TRANSMISSIONS UNDER DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS. THE ZC (100) COMPRISES A MICROCONTROLLER (106) AND A PLURALITY OF INTERFACES (108, 110, 112, 114) CONNECTED TO THE MICROCONTROLLER (106). EACH OF THE INTERFACES (108, 110, 112, 114) IS ADAPTED TO ALLOW DATA COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ONE OR MORE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for messaging

Electronic devices with improved methods and interfaces for messaging are disclosed, including improved ways to: acknowledge messages; edit previously sent messages; express what a user is trying to communicate; display private messages; synchronize viewing of content between users; incorporate handwritten inputs; quickly locate content in a message transcript; integrate a camera; integrate search and sharing; integrate interactive applications; integrate stickers; make payments; interact with avatars; make suggestions; navigate among interactive applications; manage interactive applications; translate foreign language text; combine messages into a group; and flag messages.

Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Manipulating User Interface Objects with Visual and/or haptic Feedback

An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface: displays a first user interface that includes a plurality of selectable objects; while a focus selector is at a location that corresponds to a respective selectable object, detects an input that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting an increase in intensity of the contact that meets intensity criteria, displays a menu that includes contact information for the respective selectable object overlaid on top of the first user interface; and in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting a liftoff of the contact without meeting the intensity criteria, replaces display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface..

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays a plurality of user interface objects in a first user interface; detects a contact while a focus selector is at a location of a first user interface object; and, while the focus selector is at the location of the first user interface object: detects an increase in a characteristic intensity of the contact to a first intensity threshold; in response, visually obscures the plurality of user interface objects, other than the first user interface object, while maintaining display of the first user interface object; detects that the characteristic intensity of the contact continues to increase above the first intensity threshold; and, in response, dynamically increases the amount of visual obscuring of the plurality of user interface objects, other than the first user interface object.

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Manipulating User Interface Objects with Visual and/or haptic Feedback

An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface: displays a first user interface that includes a plurality of selectable objects; while a focus selector is at a location that corresponds to a respective selectable object, detects an input that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting an increase in intensity of the contact that meets intensity criteria, displays a menu that includes contact information for the respective selectable object overlaid on top of the first user interface; and in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting a liftoff of the contact without meeting the intensity criteria, replaces display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface..

Video segmentation based on weighted knowledge graph

A system, method, and computer program product for segmenting videos. The system includes at least one processing component, at least one memory component, a video, an extraction component, and a graphing component. The extraction component is configured to extract image and text data from the video, identify entities in the image data, assign at least one entity relation to the entities in the image data, identifying entities in the text data, and assign at least one entity relation to the entities in the text data. The graphing component is configured to generate an image knowledge graph for the entity relations assigned to the entities in the image data, generate a text knowledge graph for the entity relations assigned to the at least two entities in the text data, and generate a weighted knowledge graph based on the image and text knowledge graphs.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for navigating between user interfaces and interacting with control objects

An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface of an application. The device detects a first portion of an input including a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and then detects a second portion of the input including movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface. The device displays, during the movement, application views including an application view that corresponds to the user interface of the application and another application view that corresponds to a different user interface of a different application. The device then detects a third portion of the input, including a liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive surface. In response, the device, upon determining that application-switcher-display criteria are met, displays an application-switcher user interface, and upon determining that home-display criteria are met, the device displays a home screen user interface that includes application launch icons.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.

An improved bioprosthetic heart valve

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

An application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications is displayed. A first touch input is detected on a first application icon of the plurality of application icons. The first application icon is for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions. If the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria which require that the first touch input has ended without having met a first input threshold, the first application is launched in response to the first touch input. If the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria which require that the first touch input meets the first input threshold, one or more quick action objects associated with the first application are concurrently displayed along with the first application icon without launching the first application, in response to the first touch input.

Electronic device with animated graphical user interface

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for messaging

An electronic device displays a messaging user interface on the display, the messaging user interface including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user. The device receives a first message within the messaging session from an electronic device that corresponds to another user included in the messaging session; in response to receiving the first message, the device displays the first message in a first message region in the conversation transcript on the display. The device detects a first input by a first contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of the first message region in the conversation transcript; in response to detecting the first input, the device displays an acknowledgement selection affordance at a location in the messaging interface that corresponds to the first message region. The acknowledgement selection affordance displays a plurality of acknowledgement options. The device detects a second input by a second contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of a first acknowledgement option in the acknowledgement selection affordance; and, in response to detecting the second input, the device applies the first acknowledgement option to the first message region.

Electronic device with graphical user interface

P0wder-free glove with stable and fast acting microbial coating

Provided, among other things, is a elastomeric medical glove having an antimicrobial surface coating comprising: a polymeric layer, and a dried, non-tacky coating on a surface of the polymeric layer, the coating comprising an antimicrobial agent, a wax agent, a lubricant, and a water-soluble wetting agent; wherein the glove comprises a residual powder of less than 2 mg per glove.

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Paper machine clothing

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Bespannung für eine eine Faserstoffbahn herstellende und/oder verarbeitende Maschine mit einer Grundstruktur, die geeignet ist, die auf die Bespannung einwirkende Zuglast im Wesentlichen aufnehmen, wobei die Grundstruktur ein flach hergestelltes folienartiges und/oder textiles Flächengebilde mit einer Länge und Breite sowie ein Nahtverbindungsmittel umfasst, wobei das Flächengebilde eine bei bestimmungsgemäßer Verwendung zur Faserstoffbahn weisenden Oberseite und eine zur Maschine weisende Unterseite hat sowie zwei in Längsrichtung des Flächengebildes endständige Endabschnitte, und wobei zum Endlosmachen der Grundstruktur die beiden Endabschnitte zusammengeführt und mittels dem Nahtverbindungsmittel miteinander verbunden sind. Die Erfindung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Nahtverbindungsmittel zumindest ein Hakenband umfasst, mit einer Grundplatte und mit Haken, die sich von der Grundplatte erstrecken, wobei das Hakenband an zumindest einem der Endabschnitte mit seiner Grundplatte an einer Seite von Ober- oder Unterseite angeordnet und befestigt ist. The invention relates to a covering for a machine producing and / or processing a fibrous web having a basic structure which is suitable for substantially absorbing the tensile load acting on the covering, the basic structure being a flat-shaped sheet-like and / or textile fabric having a length and width and seam joining means, the sheet having a top side facing the fibrous web when used as intended and a bottom side facing the machine; and two end sections terminating in the longitudinal direction of the fabric, and wherein the end sections are joined together and joined together by means of the seam joining means. The invention is characterized in that the seam connecting means comprises at least one hook tape having a base plate and hooks extending from the base plate, the hook tape being arranged and fixed to at least one of the end portions with its base plate on a side of top or ...

A corneal-healing device and method for producing the same

The present invention relates to tissue engineering, more particularly to a corneal-healing device capable of regenerating limbal stem cells of mammals upon temporarily implanting on a defected cornea comprising: a siloxane-hydrogel substrate which takes the form of a contact lens configured with confluent limbal stem cells and extracellular matrix components thereon. Further, there is provided a method for producing an autologous corneal-healing device capable of regenerating limbal stem cells of a mammals upon temporarily implanting on a defected cornea, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a siloxane-hydrogel substrate which takes the form of a contact lens; explanting limbal tissue of the mammals onto the substrate and incubating thereof; and culturing limbal stem cells obtained from the limbal tissue on the substrate in the presence of extracellular matrix components and growth medium until confluence, wherein the culturing step is conducted using air-lifting technique such that the stem cells substantially adhere to the substrate.

Clock faces for electronic device

【課題】時計文字盤を提示して対話するための、より速く、より効率的な方法及びインタフェースを電子デバイスに提供する。【解決手段】デバイスは、時計文字盤を表示する要求の受信に応じて時計文字盤を表示し、各グラフィカル要素が時計文字盤上の各位置に表示されるべきであるという判定に従って、時計文字盤は、各時間単位に対応する複数のアナログダイヤルグラフィカル要素を含み、複数のアナログダイヤルグラフィカル要素は、第１の位置を占め、第１のサイズを有する第１のアナログダイヤルグラフィカル要素を含む。時計文字盤上の各位置に各グラフィカル要素が表示されるべきではないという判定に従って、時計文字盤は、各時間単位に対応する複数のアナログダイヤルグラフィカル要素を含み、複数のアナログダイヤルグラフィカル要素の第１のアナログダイヤルグラフィカル要素は、第２の位置を占め、第２のサイズを有し、時計文字盤は並び替えられる。【選択図】図６Ｂ

Poly(vinyl alcohol)-bacterial cellulose nanocomposite

Hydrogel-bacterial cellulose nano-composite materials are created using a hydrogel and never dried bacterial cellulose fibers. Such materials are suitable for a broad range of soft tissue replacement applications. In addition controlled release of bioactive agents properties can be designed into medical devices fabricated from such composite materials.

Blade-replaceable tapping knife

The present invention relates to a blade-replaceable tapping knife adapted to make an incision by carving into the cortex or outer bark of rubber trees. The blade-replaceable tapping knife (100) includes a blade holder (110) having a rigid cavity with locking slots (114), a retaining element (120) having a slot (122) with retaining edge (124), a locking pin (130), a replaceable cutting blade (140) with protruded edge (142) wherein the blade holder (110) is adapted to accommodate the replaceable cutting blade (140) and the retaining element (120), such that it enables the cutting blade (140) to be detachable secured therewith and wherein the slot (122) of the retaining element (120) is made aligned with the locking slots (114) of the blade holder (110), such that the replaceable cutting blade (140) is able to be sandwichly secured within the cavity of the blade holder (110) through which the locking pin (130) is inserted.

Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for displaying an affordance on a background

An affordance is displayed over a portion of content; a value of a display property of the affordance is determined based a value of the same display property of a portion of the content over which the affordance is displayed; and the value of the display property of the content is permitted to vary within a first range of values while the value of the display property of the affordance is constrained to vary within a second range of values smaller than the first range of values; when the value of the display property of the content decreases, the device increases the value of the display property of the affordance in accordance with the second range of values; and when the value of the display property of the content increases, the device decreases the value of the display property of the affordance in accordance the second range of values.

Reduced size configuration interface

An electronic device with a camera invokes a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device. The electronic device obtains an image via the camera. The image contains a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, and the pattern comprises identifying information of the external device. The electronic device receives data from the external device, determines whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information, and, in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registers the external device as a paired device. In some examples, the electronic device is a smartphone and the external device is a wearable electronic device. Pairing the electronic device and the external device may allow the devices to exchange information and operate interactively with one another.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for messaging

An electronic device displays a messaging user interface of a message application, including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user, a message-input area, at least one avatar corresponding to a first other user included in the messaging session, and an application affordance. The device detects an input on the touch sensitive surface. In accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to selection of the at least one avatar displayed in the messaging user interface, the device displays a menu that contains a plurality of activatable menu items associated with the at least one avatar overlaid on the messaging user interface. In accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to selection of the application affordance, the device displays a plurality of application launch icons for a plurality of corresponding applications within the messaging user interface.

Membrane filter element with multiple fiber types

A natural gas stream is passed through a single membrane element that is fabricated with two or more distinct types of membrane fibers. The membrane fibers have different characteristics in order to reduce the number of membrane elements required for gas separation and to improve gas separation performance due to changing gas composition because of permeation as the gas travels through the membrane element.

Display screen or portion thereof with a set of graphical user interfaces

Display screen or portion thereof with icon

Highly chemical resistant glove

A chemical resistant composite glove that includes a first polymeric layer in the shape of a glove; and a second polymeric layer disposed on the first polymeric layer, and wherein the first polymeric layer is specified for one class of chemical resistance and the second polymeric layer is specified for a second class of chemical resistance, and optionally a third polymeric layer, which may be a thin coating, disposed on at least one of first polymeric layer or the second polymeric layer and is optionally specified for a third class of chemical resistance.

User interfaces with reduced size dynamically updated application listings

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can detect a contact with the display, and in response to detecting the contact, the device can display a user interface screen representing a corresponding application. The user interface screen can include an affordance for launching the application, and a set of information obtained from the application, where the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application

Display screen or portion thereof with a set of graphical user interfaces

Stable Millimeter Wave Source for Broadband Wireless Signal Transmission Using Optical Fibre

An apparatus and method for generating a millimetre-wave carrier signal for optical data transmission is disclosed. The apparatus includes stimulated Brillouin scattering source ( 101 ) that generates a variable stoke line multi-wavelength optical signal, optical amplifiers ( 102, 108 ), an optical splitter ( 103 ) that splits the amplified output of the SBS source ( 101 ) into two identical optical signals of the same magnitude, frequency, phase and electromagnetic mode, identical optical tuneable band-pass filters ( 104, 105 ) with the same band-pass, an optical coupler ( 107 ) that combines the optical signals emitted from the output of the optical filters ( 104, 105 ) such that the output of the coupler ( 107 ) is a dual wavelength optical signal with a wavelength separation equivalent to the desired millimetre wave frequency, a photo-detector ( 109 ) that converts the optical signal to an electrical signal by heterodyning process, and a controller circuit ( 106 ) that controls the gain of the optical amplifiers ( 102, 108 ), the tuning of the optical band-pass filters ( 104, 105 ) independently and the number of stoke lines produced by the stimulated Brillouin scattering source ( 101 ) depending on the electrical millimetre wave output.

Electronic device with animated graphical user interface

Method for producing fibreboards utilizing palm biomass

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF PRODUCING FIBREBOARDS USING 100% OF OIL PALM TRUNK (OPT). THE PRESENT INVENTION ALSO RELATES TO METHOD OF PRODUCING FIBREBOARDS USING A MIXTURE COMPRISING OPT, RUBBER WOOD (RW) AND MIXED TROPICAL HARDWOOD (MTH). THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBREBOARDS USING A MIXTURE COMPRISING OPT, RUBBER WOOD (RW) AND MIXED TROPICAL HARDWOOD (MTH) INCLUDES THE STEPS OF: (I) CHIPPING OF OIL PALM TRUNK (OPT), RUBBER WOOD (RW) AND (MTH) WITHIN SIZE RANGE OF 0.012 TO 0.050M; (II) BLENDING THE CHIPPED OPT WITH RW AND MTH CHIPS AT A BLENDING RATIO OF 5 TO 50% OF CHIPPED OPT, 5 TO 50% OF RW AND 5 TO 50% MTH; (III) TREATING THE MIXTURE OBTAINED FROM STEP (II) UNDER BETWEEN 2 TO 8 BAR AT TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 150 TO 180° C FOR A PERIOD BETWEEN 100 TO 400 SECONDS IN DIGESTER; (IV) MECHANICALLY REFINING THE MIXTURE OF OPT, RW AND MTH CHIPS IN A STEAM PRESSURIZED REFINER WHERE THE CHIPS ARE CONVERTED TO REFINED FIBRES: (V) APPLYING RESIN BETWEEN 6 TO 12% BY DRY WEIGHT OF FIBRES AND/OR WAX BETWEEN 0.5 TO 2.5% BY DRY WEIGHT OF FIBRES TO THE OPT REFINED FIBRES OBTAINED FROM STEP (IV); (VI) TRANSFORMING THE RESINATED FIBRES OBTAINED FROM STEP (V) INTO MAT; (VII) PRESSING THE MAT OBTAINED FROM STEP (VI) AT TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 160 TO 220° C FOR A PERIOD TIME OF 2 TO 5 MINUTES. AS FOR THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBREBOARDS USING 100% OF OPT, THE METHOD INCLUDE STEPS (I), (III), (IV), (V), (VI) AND (VII) AS MENTIONED ABOVE USING 100% OF OPT ONLY.

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface

Device, method, and graphical user interface for adjusting a display property of an affordance over changing background content

A value of a display property of an affordance changes based a value of the same display property of the portion of content over which the affordance is displayed. The value of the display property of the affordance is constrained to vary within a second value range smaller than a first value range over which the value of the display property of the content is permitted to vary. A decrease of the value of the display property of the content causes an increase of the value of the display property of the affordance based on the magnitude of the value change for the content and the second value range. An increase of the value of the display property of the content causes a decreases of the value of the display property of the affordance based on a magnitude of the value change for the content and the second value range.

Method for determination of chemical ions

5 METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF CHEMICAL IONS THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A METHOD FOR REDUCING AND/OR ELIMINATING SIGNAL INTERFERENCES FROM OTHER IONS WHICH ARE PRODUCED DURING DETECTION OF A PARTICULAR CHEMICAL ION IN A 10 SUBSTANCE, SAID METHOD COMPRISE OF AT LEAST TWO SENSORS (2,4) WHEREBY AT LEAST ONE SENSOR IS ASSIGNED TO COLLECT THE INTERFERING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE ELIMINATION OF UNWANTED SIGNALS PROCESS. THE METHOD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION LEADS TO IMPROVED DETECTION OF THE DESIRED ION AND THUS PROVIDES REAL TIME 15 MONITORING OF THE SUBSTANCE, IN PARTICULAR FOR SOIL ANALYSIS. MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING:

Compact pressure swing adsorption system for hydrogen purification

A compact pressure swing adsorption system for gas separation and purification, comprising an absorption chamber, means for pressurizing the adsorption chamber with a gas stream (60) fed by an inputting means; means for adsorbing impurity gas (58) from the gas stream (60) and conveying purified gas (56) to an outputting means; means for depressurizing the adsorption chamber to regenerate absorbed impurity gas (58); and means for purging any remaining adsorbed impurity gas (58) by a purge gas (55); wherein the adsorption chamber comprises a plurality of separate cells, each cell having adsorbent bed (51, 52, 53, 54), and the inputting and outputting means are connected to each cell with means for switching between the cells so that only one cell at a time is connected to the inputting means and another cell is connected to the outputting means, by a network of pipes and valves (57).

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface

Low density polythylene tapioca starch degradable biofilms with palm oil based processing aid for blown film extrusion

5 LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE TAPIOCA STARCH DEGRADABLE BIOFILMS WITH PALM OIL BASED PROCESSING AID FOR BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION 1 0 A METHOD FOR PREPARING A STARCH BASED BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING MATERIAL, SAID METHOD INCLUDES PROVIDING A BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER, A PALM COOKING OIL AND A LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LDPE) RESIN; DRYING THE BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER AND THE LDPE RESIN; MIXING AND BLENDING 300 GRAMS OF THE BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER WITH 600 GRAMS OF THE PALM COOKING OIL AND 2700 GRAMS OF THE LDPE RESIN IN A HIGH SPEED MIXER; 15 COMPOUNDING THE BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER WITH THE LDPE RESIN WITH AN ADDITION OF THE PALM COOKING OIL IN A TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER; PALLETIZING EXTRUDATES USING A PALLETIZER MACHINE; DRYING PALLETIZED EXTRUDATES; BLOWING DRIED EXTRUDATES EMPLOYING A BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION MACHINE TO PRODUCE A BLOWN FILM PACKAGING MATERIAL; AND OBTAINING THE BLOWN FILM PACKAGING MATERIAL. 20 25 30

A system and method for installing correct software release version and establishing installed version traceability matrix

The present invention provides a system and method for installing a correct software release version into respective deployment environments and establishing an installed version traceability matrix. The system of the present invention comprising an Integrated Development System (102) in communication with at least one Machine Readable Instruction Repository (104), the Integrated Development System (102) having means for transmitting machine readable instruction to the at least one Machine Readable Instructions Repository (104); at least one Issue tracker repository (106) for storing issues; at least one Push Engine (108) for transmitting the correct version of software release version to a right environment engine and at least one package staging server (110) for receiving an application package and for transmitting said application package into a deployment environment. In the present invention, traceability matrix generated into a targeted deployment environment enables a correct software release version to be installed.

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for navigating between user interfaces and interacting with control objects

An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first application. The device detects a first input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface that meets navigation-gesture criteria requiring that the first input includes a movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface that crosses a boundary of a predefined edge region of the touch-sensitive surface in order for the navigation-gesture criteria to be met. In response, the device: in accordance with a determination that the first application is not protected, ceases to display the first user interface of the first application and displays a respective other user interface on the display; and in accordance with a determination that the first application is protected, maintains display of the first user interface of the first application without displaying the respective other user interface.

User interface for receiving user input

The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for receiving user input. In some examples, a device determines which user input technique a user has accessed most recently, and displays the corresponding user interface. In some examples, a device scrolls through a set of information on the display. When a threshold criteria is satisfied, the device displays an index object fully or partially overlaying the set of information. In some examples, a device displays an emoji graphical object, which is visually manipulated based on user input. The emoji graphical object is transmitted to a recipient. In some examples, a device displays paging affordances that enlarge and allow a user to select a particular page of a user interface. In some examples, the device displays user interfaces for various input methods, including multiple emoji graphical objects. In some examples, a keyboard is displays for receiving user input.

Weather user interface

Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.

Wireless sensor network system

The present invention provides a wireless sensor network (WSN) (200) having a main coordinator (210), a site coordinator (400) and a method therefor. The WSN (100) comprises a plurality of site coordinators (220), each forms a site WSN (290) and functioned by its own, and collectively, the plurality of site WSNs (290) forms the WSN (200). Each site coordinator (220) is operable to collect and store data collected/acquired from the respective site WSN (290) and to route out the collected/acquired data to the main coordinator (210) as appropriately.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for navigating between user interfaces and interacting with control objects

An electronic device detects an input. While detecting the input, the device enters a transitional user interface mode where different user interface states can be selected based on a comparison of properties of the input to one or more thresholds. The device detects a gesture including a first change in the input. If the end of the input is detected with a first temporal proximity to the first change, the device selects a final user interface state based on input properties corresponding to the end of the input and one or more first values of the one or more thresholds. If the end of the input is detected with a second temporal proximity to the first change, the device selects a final user interface state based on input properties corresponding to the end of the input and one or more second values of the one or more thresholds.

Electronic device with animated graphical user interface

Membrane filter element with multiple fiber types

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Semiconductor device manufacturing method

A pressing area set on a main surface of a plate-shaped holding jig is arranged on contact parts. The contact parts are pressed against a multilayer board while heating the multilayer board and the pressing area of the holding jig is inclined with a warp of the multilayer board. In this way, when pressing for bonding the contact parts is performed, even if the multilayer board is warped by the heating and the contact parts are shifted, the contact parts are pressed against the multilayer board without fail.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for messaging

Electronic devices with improved methods and interfaces for messaging are disclosed, including improved ways to: acknowledge messages; edit previously sent messages; express what a user is trying to communicate; display private messages; synchronize viewing of content between users; incorporate handwritten inputs; quickly locate content in a message transcript; integrate a camera; integrate search and sharing; integrate interactive applications; integrate stickers; make payments; interact with avatars; make suggestions; navigate among interactive applications; manage interactive applications; translate foreign language text; combine messages into a group; and flag messages.

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface

Membrane filter element with multiple fiber types

A NATURAL GAS STREAM IS PASSED THROUGH A SINGLE MEMBRANE ELEMENT THAT IS FABRICATED WITH TWO OR MORE DISTINCT TYPES OF MEMBRANE FIBERS.THE MEMBRANE FIBERS HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MEMBRANE ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR GAS SEPARATION AND TO IMPROVE GAS SEPARATION PERFORMANCE DUE TO CHANGING GAS COMPOSITION BECAUSE OF PERMEATION AS THE GAS TRAVELS THROUGH THE MEMBRANE ELEMENT.

A systems for monitoring and identifying nrw in a water utility network

The present invention relates to a system for monitoring a water utility network, the system comprising: a. a network information database for receiving and storing real-time meter data representing a plurality of parameters measured by the meters, the parameters including at least flow and pressure of the water; b. analysis engine (100) configured to analyze the real-time meter data by comparing the meter data to the historical data to identify any anomaly; c. an event classification engine configured to identify water utility network events based on the anomalies, the water network events comprising leakage events and informational events regarding quantity of water flowing through the pipes and operation of the water utility network; and d. an event database (200) for storing water utility network event data representing the one or more water utility network events identified by the event classification engine.

Wireless sensor network with ambient energy harvesting

The present invention relates to a wireless sensor system that powered by the harvesting of ambient energy such as wind, solar, thermal, vibration or radio frequency (RF). The energy harvesters generate electrical power for use in individual sensor motes (1), thus eliminating the need to deliver power to each sensor mote from a central source. The sensor motes (1) comprise of sensors (10) that generate data signals based on various environmental parameters measured, as well as wireless transmitters (50) that send the data signals containing the sensor measurements to a router (120) located in the vicinity. The routers (120) are also powered by larger capacity energy harvesters (140). The routers (120) act as wireless relays and further transmit the data signals to a collector (130).