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A computer-implemented method for partitioning in video coding, comprising: receiving a video frame; segmenting the video frame into a plurality of tiles, coding units or super-fragments; determining a chosen partitioning technique for at least one tile, coding unit, or super-fragment for prediction or coding partitioning, wherein the chosen partitioning technique comprises a structured partitioning technique comprising at least one of a bi-tree partitioning technique, a k-d tree partitioning technique, a codebook representation of a bi-tree partitioning technique, or a codebook representation of a k-d tree partitioning technique; partitioning the at least one tile, coding unit, or super-fragment into a plurality of prediction partitions using the chosen partitioning technique; and coding partitioning indicators or codewords associated with the plurality of prediction partitions into a bitstream, characterized in that determining the chosen partitioning technique comprises determining the chosen partitioning technique based at least in part on a picture type of the video frame, wherein the chosen prediction partitioning technique comprises the k-d tree partitioning technique when the picture type is the I-picture, and wherein the chosen prediction partitioning technique comprises the bi-tree partitioning technique when the picture type is the P-picture or wherein determining the chosen partitioning technique comprises determining the chosen partitioning technique based at least in part on a characteristic of the at least one tile, coding unit, or super-fragment, wherein the characteristic comprises an expected amount of intra-blocks in the at least one tile, coding unit, or super-fragment and wherein the chosen partitioning technique comprises the k-d tree partitioning technique when the expected amount of intra-blocks is greater than a threshold, and wherein the chosen partitioning technique comprises the bi-tree partitioning technique when the expected amount of intra-blocks is less than a threshold. receiving a video frame; segmenting the video frame into a plurality of tiles, coding units or super-fragments; determining a chosen partitioning technique for at least one tile, coding unit, or super-fragment for prediction or coding partitioning, wherein the chosen partitioning technique comprises a structured partitioning technique comprising at least one of a bi-tree partitioning technique, a k-d tree partitioning technique, a codebook representation of a bi-tree partitioning technique, or a codebook representation of a k-d tree partitioning technique; partitioning the at least one tile, coding unit, or super-fragment into a plurality of prediction partitions using the chosen partitioning technique; and coding partitioning indicators or codewords associated with the plurality of prediction partitions into a bitstream,
A method of making a flexible circuit electrode array for neural tissue stimulation comprising the steps of: depositing a base layer comprised of polymer on a flat substrate; depositing a coating comprised of metal on said polymer base; patterning said metal coating to form metal traces; depositing a top layer comprised of polymer on said polymer base layer and on said metal traces forming said flexible circuit electrode array; removing said flexible circuit electrode array from said flat substrate; heating said flexible circuit electrode array in a mold to form a precurved convex surface configured to contact the neural tissue; and wherein the flexible circuit electrode array is suitable to contact neural tissue across said flexible circuit electrode array surface. depositing a base layer comprised of polymer on a flat substrate; depositing a coating comprised of metal on said polymer base; patterning said metal coating to form metal traces; depositing a top layer comprised of polymer on said polymer base layer and on said metal traces forming said flexible circuit electrode array; removing said flexible circuit electrode array from said flat substrate; heating said flexible circuit electrode array in a mold to form a precurved convex surface configured to contact the neural tissue; and wherein the flexible circuit electrode array is suitable to contact neural tissue across said flexible circuit electrode array surface.
A method for determining a trajectory along which at least one camera is moving when attached to a moving vehicle, said method comprising: • determining a sample set of trajectory indication samples ( TIS 1, TIS 2), said sample set comprising at least two trajectory indication samples; • for each trajectory indication sample in said sample set ( TIS 1, TIS 2), determining an individual reliability measure (R 1, R 2) indicative of the reliability of the associated trajectory indication sample; • determining a trajectory estimate (C est); • determining a trajectory estimate error by, for each one of said trajectory indication samples in said sample set, determining an error measure (EM 1, EM 2) indicative of an error between the trajectory estimate (C est) and said trajectory indication sample ( TIS 1, TIS 2), and by combining said error measures, weighted by said individual reliability measure, and • determining said trajectory as being a trajectory estimate (C est) that results in a trajectory estimate error that is within a predetermined trajectory estimate error range (ΔCE). • determining a sample set of trajectory indication samples ( TIS 1, TIS 2), said sample set comprising at least two trajectory indication samples; • for each trajectory indication sample in said sample set ( TIS 1, TIS 2), determining an individual reliability measure (R 1, R 2) indicative of the reliability of the associated trajectory indication sample; • determining a trajectory estimate (C est); • determining a trajectory estimate error by, for each one of said trajectory indication samples in said sample set, determining an error measure (EM 1, EM 2) indicative of an error between the trajectory estimate (C est) and said trajectory indication sample ( TIS 1, TIS 2), and by combining said error measures, weighted by said individual reliability measure, and • determining said trajectory as being a trajectory estimate (C est) that results in a trajectory estimate error that is within a predetermined trajectory estimate error range (ΔCE).
An address setting device configured for use in a communication system wherein the communication system includes a first device, second devices, and a communication line providing a serial connection from the first device to the second devices to establish a communication connection, and the address setting device is configured to set addresses of the second devices, the address setting device comprising: a communication controller configured to transmit a transmission signal toward the second devices through the communication line and change at least one of an amplitude or a frequency of the transmission signal, and associate the addresses of the second devices with connection precedence of the second devices to the first device based on a reception signal received through the communication line, characterized in that the communication controller is configured to execute association of the addresses of the second devices with the connection precedence to the first device multiple times, as a result of executing multiple times, obtain first association information about the addresses of the second devices and the connection precedence to the first device and second association information differing in association from the first association information, and associate the addresses of the second devices with the connection precedence to the first device based on one of the first association information and the second association information that is obtained a greater number of times than the other. a communication controller configured to transmit a transmission signal toward the second devices through the communication line and change at least one of an amplitude or a frequency of the transmission signal, and associate the addresses of the second devices with connection precedence of the second devices to the first device based on a reception signal received through the communication line, transmit a transmission signal toward the second devices through the communication line and change at least one of an amplitude or a frequency of the transmission signal, and associate the addresses of the second devices with connection precedence of the second devices to the first device based on a reception signal received through the communication line, characterized in that the communication controller is configured to execute association of the addresses of the second devices with the connection precedence to the first device multiple times, as a result of executing multiple times, obtain first association information about the addresses of the second devices and the connection precedence to the first device and second association information differing in association from the first association information, and associate the addresses of the second devices with the connection precedence to the first device based on one of the first association information and the second association information that is obtained a greater number of times than the other.
A method of transferring a patient monitoring sensor group, said sensor group including one or more patient-mounted sensors (12, S1, S2, S3) and a mobile aggregator sensor for establishing a mobile aggregator wireless personal area network (MA-PAN, 24), between fixed and mobile modes of communication with a wired healthcare network, wherein a fixed aggregator module for establishing a fixed aggregator wireless personal area network (FA-PAN, 20) is connected to said wired healthcare network, said method comprising: detecting at the fixed aggregator module that the sensor group is within communication range of the fixed aggregator module; the fixed aggregator module informing the mobile aggregator sensor that the sensor group is within communication range of the fixed aggregator module; when the fixed aggregator module is within communication range of the sensor group, communicating status information from the sensor group to the wired healthcare network via the fixed aggregator module through the fixed aggregator wireless personal area network (FA-PAN, 20); and when the mobile aggregator sensor is out of communication range of the fixed aggregator module, establishing a mobile aggregator personal area network (MA-PAN, 24) at the mobile aggregator sensor, receiving the status information from the one or more patient-mounted sensors (12, S1, S2, S3) at the mobile aggregator sensor via the mobile aggregator personal area network (MA-PAN, 24) and transmitting the status information from the mobile aggregator sensor to the wired healthcare network and bypassing the fixed aggregator module. detecting at the fixed aggregator module that the sensor group is within communication range of the fixed aggregator module; the fixed aggregator module informing the mobile aggregator sensor that the sensor group is within communication range of the fixed aggregator module; when the fixed aggregator module is within communication range of the sensor group, communicating status information from the sensor group to the wired healthcare network via the fixed aggregator module through the fixed aggregator wireless personal area network (FA-PAN, 20); and when the mobile aggregator sensor is out of communication range of the fixed aggregator module, establishing a mobile aggregator personal area network (MA-PAN, 24) at the mobile aggregator sensor, receiving the status information from the one or more patient-mounted sensors (12, S1, S2, S3) at the mobile aggregator sensor via the mobile aggregator personal area network (MA-PAN, 24) and transmitting the status information from the mobile aggregator sensor to the wired healthcare network and bypassing the fixed aggregator module.
Luminous motor-vehicle module intended to generate a light beam that projects forward an image (I1; I4); the image (I1; I4) comprising at least one horizontal row (4, 5; 6) of pixels (Z1 to Z10, W1 to W10; X1 to X6); said luminous module being arranged so that a first pixel (W8, W9, W10; X5, X6) of a first horizontal row (5; 6) of pixels comprises a lower end and/or an upper end that are/is vertically offset with respect to a lower end and/or an upper end of a second pixel (W1 to W7; X1 to X4, X7, X8) of the same row (5; 6), respectively, and so that the first horizontal row (5; 6) of pixels (W1 to W10; X1 to X6) forms a top segment of a low beam, said luminous module being characterized in that the first pixel (W8, W9, W10) is located below a horizontal line located at 0.57°U and straddles a horizontal line located at 0°U, and is located between 8°R and 20°R, and the second pixel (W1 to W7) straddles said horizontal line located at 0.57°U, or in that the first pixel (X5, X6) comprises an upper end located at the same level or below a horizontal axis at 0°U and inside a range located from 1°R until 3°R, and the second pixel (X1 to X4, X7, X8) straddles said horizontal axis only outside the range located from 1°R until 3°R. said luminous module being arranged so that a first pixel (W8, W9, W10; X5, X6) of a first horizontal row (5; 6) of pixels comprises a lower end and/or an upper end that are/is vertically offset with respect to a lower end and/or an upper end of a second pixel (W1 to W7; X1 to X4, X7, X8) of the same row (5; 6), respectively, and so that the first horizontal row (5; 6) of pixels (W1 to W10; X1 to X6) forms a top segment of a low beam, said luminous module being characterized in that the first pixel (W8, W9, W10) is located below a horizontal line located at 0.57°U and straddles a horizontal line located at 0°U, and is located between 8°R and 20°R, and the second pixel (W1 to W7) straddles said horizontal line located at 0.57°U, or in that the first pixel (X5, X6) comprises an upper end located at the same level or below a horizontal axis at 0°U and inside a range located from 1°R until 3°R, and the second pixel (X1 to X4, X7, X8) straddles said horizontal axis only outside the range located from 1°R until 3°R.
An apparatus comprising: a device comprising a primary winding (110A, 110B) and a secondary winding (120A, 120B) interwound and magnetically coupled in two metal layers, wherein an inductance of one of the primary winding and the secondary winding is tuned for a target inductance ratio between the primary winding and the secondary winding; characterised in that: the device further comprises a shunt trace coupled between two opposite sides of a winding, wherein the shunt trace is disposed between opposite sides of an innermost winding, parallel to the innermost winding and is operable to reduce the secondary inductance. a device comprising a primary winding (110A, 110B) and a secondary winding (120A, 120B) interwound and magnetically coupled in two metal layers, wherein an inductance of one of the primary winding and the secondary winding is tuned for a target inductance ratio between the primary winding and the secondary winding; characterised in that: the device further comprises a shunt trace coupled between two opposite sides of a winding, wherein the shunt trace is disposed between opposite sides of an innermost winding, parallel to the innermost winding and is operable to reduce the secondary inductance.
A method of testing and maintaining outage resilience of server resources of a server infrastructure by means of a hybrid simulation, wherein the server infrastructure comprises a plurality of servers executing a plurality of applications, wherein at least two servers are differently equipped with regard to at least one of central processing unit, graphic processing unit, memory capacity, and memory type, wherein the method comprises: determining a number of reference servers for each server with regard to processing capacities, wherein the number of reference servers for a server is rounded off to the next lower integer number; measuring a processor utilization for each of the servers of the server infrastructure; transforming each measured processor utilization to a number of fully utilized reference servers, wherein the number of reference servers for a processor utilization of a server is rounded up to the next higher integer number; determining a resilience ratio of the server infrastructure by simulating the outage of at least one of the servers based on the number of fully utilized reference servers and the number of reference servers with regard to processing capacities for servers not affected by the outage, wherein respective calculations on integer numbers are executed on dedicated integer processing units; and in response to the resilience ratio of the server infrastructure falls below a resilience threshold, initiating an assignment of additional resources for executing at least one of the plurality of applications to the server infrastructure. determining a number of reference servers for each server with regard to processing capacities, wherein the number of reference servers for a server is rounded off to the next lower integer number; measuring a processor utilization for each of the servers of the server infrastructure; transforming each measured processor utilization to a number of fully utilized reference servers, wherein the number of reference servers for a processor utilization of a server is rounded up to the next higher integer number; determining a resilience ratio of the server infrastructure by simulating the outage of at least one of the servers based on the number of fully utilized reference servers and the number of reference servers with regard to processing capacities for servers not affected by the outage, wherein respective calculations on integer numbers are executed on dedicated integer processing units; and in response to the resilience ratio of the server infrastructure falls below a resilience threshold, initiating an assignment of additional resources for executing at least one of the plurality of applications to the server infrastructure.
A method of operating a first node of a network to provide a time function in the network, the method comprising, at the first node: generating a time function protocol data unit for supporting the time function; generating a plurality of preamble protocol data units; sending the plurality of preamble protocol data units before sending the time function protocol data unit; wherein the preamble protocol data units carry routing information to cause the preamble protocol data units to follow a same network path as the time function protocol data unit; wherein the time function protocol data unit carries an event message of a synchronisation protocol using a two-way exchange of messages. generating a time function protocol data unit for supporting the time function; generating a plurality of preamble protocol data units; sending the plurality of preamble protocol data units before sending the time function protocol data unit; wherein the preamble protocol data units carry routing information to cause the preamble protocol data units to follow a same network path as the time function protocol data unit; wherein the time function protocol data unit carries an event message of a synchronisation protocol using a two-way exchange of messages.
A method for authenticating by challenge-response a secure element to a microcontroller without a random generator, the method comprising the following steps implemented by the microcontroller: - receiving at least one random datum (T, IDX) generated randomly by the secure element, - generating (206, 208, 210) a challenge datum specific to the microcontroller from the random datum (T, IDX) received, - sending the generated challenge datum to the secure element, - receiving a response datum generated by the secure element based on the challenge datum, - determining an authentication result based on the response datum received. - receiving at least one random datum (T, IDX) generated randomly by the secure element, - generating (206, 208, 210) a challenge datum specific to the microcontroller from the random datum (T, IDX) received, - sending the generated challenge datum to the secure element, - receiving a response datum generated by the secure element based on the challenge datum, - determining an authentication result based on the response datum received.
A method, comprising: in a carrier aggregation system comprising multiple component carriers, where a primary component carrier is in a licensed band, and at least one component carrier is a secondary component carrier in a license exempt band; utilizing acollision avoidance procedure on the at least one secondary component carrier that is associated to a cellular radio access technology to check that a radio resource in the at least one secondary component carrier is available; and thereafter communicating on the radio resource using the cellular radio access technology only if the check reveals that the radio resource is available; where subframes of the primary component carrier are time aligned with subframes of the at least one secondary component carrier; or subframes of the primary component carrier are offset in time from subframes of the at least one secondary component carrier. in a carrier aggregation system comprising multiple component carriers, where a primary component carrier is in a licensed band, and at least one component carrier is a secondary component carrier in a license exempt band; utilizing acollision avoidance procedure on the at least one secondary component carrier that is associated to a cellular radio access technology to check that a radio resource in the at least one secondary component carrier is available; and thereafter communicating on the radio resource using the cellular radio access technology only if the check reveals that the radio resource is available; where subframes of the primary component carrier are time aligned with subframes of the at least one secondary component carrier; or subframes of the primary component carrier are offset in time from subframes of the at least one secondary component carrier.
A cutting device for cutting a relatively rigid material, comprising a first cutting disc sharpened along its peripheral edge and rotating around its first axis of rotation, at least a second cutting disc also sharpened along its peripheral edge and rotating around its first axis of rotation, wherein said second cutting disc is disposed in front of said first cutting disc with respect to said material and is co-planar with said first cutting disc, and wherein said first cutting disc and said second cutting disc are mobile individually or together, with respect to a support plane on which said material to be cut is suitable to be rested, so that the distance between the peripheral cutting edge (16, 21) of each of said cutting discs (14, 19) is selectively adjustable with respect to said support plane, characterized in that said first cutting disc and said second cutting disc are rotatably mounted on a respective first and second support slider, said support sliders (15, 20) being mounted on a fixed structure and mobile with respect thereto in a direction perpendicular to the support plane for adjusting the distance between the cutting discs (14, 19) and the support plane.