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An image decoding method for decoding quantization parameters for subblocks in a block representing a part of an image for which inter prediction can be used, wherein the block is divided into subblocks so as to form a quadtree, the image decoding method comprising: decoding a first quantization parameter for a first subblock in a first block, coded data related to a first difference value between, in an order of coding, the first quantization parameter for the first subblock and a second quantization parameter for a second subblock in the first block and, for a third block as a subsequent subblock which is not in the first block, coded data related to a second difference value between a third quantization parameter of the third subblock and an integer value obtained by rounding an average of quantization parameters for subblocks coded before the third subblock; acquiring the second quantization parameter based on the first quantization parameter and the first difference value decoded by the decoding unit and acquire a third quantization parameter of the third subblock based on the second difference value decoded by the decoding unit and the integer value obtained by rounding the average of quantization parameters for subblocks decoded before the third subblock, and reproducing parts of an image corresponding to the first subblock, the second subblock, and the third subblock respectively using the acquired first quantization parameter, the acquired second quantization parameter, and the acquired third quantization parameter, wherein the parts of the image are reproduced using inter prediction. decoding a first quantization parameter for a first subblock in a first block, coded data related to a first difference value between, in an order of coding, the first quantization parameter for the first subblock and a second quantization parameter for a second subblock in the first block and, for a third block as a subsequent subblock which is not in the first block, coded data related to a second difference value between a third quantization parameter of the third subblock and an integer value obtained by rounding an average of quantization parameters for subblocks coded before the third subblock; acquiring the second quantization parameter based on the first quantization parameter and the first difference value decoded by the decoding unit and acquire a third quantization parameter of the third subblock based on the second difference value decoded by the decoding unit and the integer value obtained by rounding the average of quantization parameters for subblocks decoded before the third subblock, and reproducing parts of an image corresponding to the first subblock, the second subblock, and the third subblock respectively using the acquired first quantization parameter, the acquired second quantization parameter, and the acquired third quantization parameter, wherein the parts of the image are reproduced using inter prediction.
A system , comprising: a portable electric coffee grinder or a storage container including a main housing containing a holding chamber configured to hold unground coffee beans; a sensing base or lid including at least one emission sensor configured to detect one or more emissions from the unground coffee beans held in the holding chamber , wherein the sensing base or lid is detachably coupleable to the portable electric coffee grinder or the storage container so as to establish fluid communication with the holding chamber ; and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one emission sensor and programmed to receive and store an ideal freshness value for the coffee beans and to determine a freshness value for the unground coffee beans based on output from the at least one emission sensor , one or more environmental conditions associated with the unground coffee beans, and the stored ideal freshness value for the coffee beans. a portable electric coffee grinder or a storage container including a main housing containing a holding chamber configured to hold unground coffee beans; a sensing base or lid including at least one emission sensor configured to detect one or more emissions from the unground coffee beans held in the holding chamber , wherein the sensing base or lid is detachably coupleable to the portable electric coffee grinder or the storage container so as to establish fluid communication with the holding chamber ; and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one emission sensor and programmed to receive and store an ideal freshness value for the coffee beans and to determine a freshness value for the unground coffee beans based on output from the at least one emission sensor , one or more environmental conditions associated with the unground coffee beans, and the stored ideal freshness value for the coffee beans. output from the at least one emission sensor , one or more environmental conditions associated with the unground coffee beans, and the stored ideal freshness value for the coffee beans.
A slide member for furniture application having a slide surface coated with a lacquer comprising a resin , the thickness of the lacquer coated on the slide member being 100 μm or less, wherein said lacquer in turn is at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating to provide a slide layer with lowered friction, wherein the lipophilic composition coating comprises compounds comprising C6 to C40 non-aromatic hydrocarbyl groups.
A method of dynamically updating routing policy, the method comprising: managing, by a client-side enforcement unit , an individual return-link policy based on received policy information specific to the client-side enforcement unit, the individual return-link policy for transmission of network messages over a first access network having a first characteristic and a second access network having a second characteristic different than the first characteristic; receiving, by the client-side enforcement unit, a first network message from a network device for delivery to a destination network accessible via the first access network and the second access network; transmitting, by the client-side enforcement unit, the first network message over at least one of the first access network and the second access network using the individual return-link policy; receiving, by the client-side enforcement unit, updated policy information specific to the client-side enforcement unit, the updated policy information based on transmissions by the client-side enforcement unit over the first access network and the second access network; updating, by the client-side enforcement unit, the individual return-link policy based on the received updated policy information; receiving, by the client-side enforcement unit, a second network message from the network device for delivery to the destination network; and transmitting, by the client-side enforcement unit, the second network message over the first access network or the second access network using the updated individual return-link policy. managing, by a client-side enforcement unit , an individual return-link policy based on received policy information specific to the client-side enforcement unit, the individual return-link policy for transmission of network messages over a first access network having a first characteristic and a second access network having a second characteristic different than the first characteristic; receiving, by the client-side enforcement unit, a first network message from a network device for delivery to a destination network accessible via the first access network and the second access network; transmitting, by the client-side enforcement unit, the first network message over at least one of the first access network and the second access network using the individual return-link policy; receiving, by the client-side enforcement unit, updated policy information specific to the client-side enforcement unit, the updated policy information based on transmissions by the client-side enforcement unit over the first access network and the second access network; updating, by the client-side enforcement unit, the individual return-link policy based on the received updated policy information; receiving, by the client-side enforcement unit, a second network message from the network device for delivery to the destination network; and transmitting, by the client-side enforcement unit, the second network message over the first access network or the second access network using the updated individual return-link policy.
A system for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object , comprising; a dispensing unit configured for dispensing at least one type of modeling material to form an uncured layer; a curing unit configured for curing said uncured layer by radiation; and a controller configured for operating said dispensing unit and said curing unit to sequentially form a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the three-dimensional object , characterized in that said controller is configured for: operating said dispensing unit and said curing unit to sequentially form a stack of at least 30 sacrificial radiation-protective layers, each being at least 15 microns in thickness, said stack covering an exposed portion of at least one layer of the object , such that an upper layer of said stack remains exposed during formation of any subsequent layer of said plurality of layers.
A production method for a treatment solution for forming an insulating coating, the treatment solution containing phosphoric acid and/or a phosphate salt and one or more particulate metal compounds, comprising: mixing a solution A containing, on a PO 4 3- basis, 0.20 mol/L or more and 10 mol/L or less of phosphoric acid and/or the phosphate salt and containing, on a metal basis, less than 0.50 mol/L of the particulate metal compounds and a solution B containing, on a metal basis, 0.50 mol/L or more and 20.0 mol/L or less of the particulate metal compounds and containing, on a PO 4 3- basis, less than 0.20 mol/L of phosphoric acid and/or the phosphate salt; characterized by stirring with a turbine stator-type high-speed stirrer such that a peripheral speed of a turbine reaches 10 m/s or more within 60 seconds after starting the mixing of the solution A and the solution B. mixing a solution A containing, on a PO 4 3- basis, 0.20 mol/L or more and 10 mol/L or less of phosphoric acid and/or the phosphate salt and containing, on a metal basis, less than 0.50 mol/L of the particulate metal compounds and a solution B containing, on a metal basis, 0.50 mol/L or more and 20.0 mol/L or less of the particulate metal compounds and containing, on a PO 4 3- basis, less than 0.20 mol/L of phosphoric acid and/or the phosphate salt; a solution A containing, on a PO 4 3- basis, 0.20 mol/L or more and 10 mol/L or less of phosphoric acid and/or the phosphate salt and containing, on a metal basis, less than 0.50 mol/L of the particulate metal compounds and a solution B containing, on a metal basis, 0.50 mol/L or more and 20.0 mol/L or less of the particulate metal compounds and containing, on a PO 4 3- basis, less than 0.20 mol/L of phosphoric acid and/or the phosphate salt; characterized by stirring with a turbine stator-type high-speed stirrer such that a peripheral speed of a turbine reaches 10 m/s or more within 60 seconds after starting the mixing of the solution A and the solution B.
A field-of-view testing device for mobility comprising a display defining a central axis, an interface arranged to receive at least two types of actuation , and a driver arranged to control the display in order to display a main video sequence wherein a primary target moves horizontally within a viewing angle between substantially -30° and substantially +30° relative to the central axis, a mark being pseudo-randomly displayed within the primary target several times, and a secondary target appears at selected times at a viewing angle between 60° and 90° in absolute value relative to the central axis, the driver being furthermore arranged to measure and store each time, on the one hand, the time between a mark being displayed and a subject inputting a first type of actuation of the interface , and on the other hand, the time between a secondary target being displayed and a subject pressing a second type of actuation of the interface .
A computer-implemented method of using an environment model to simulate state transitions of a real-world environment being interacted with by a mechanical or electronic agent that is controlled using a policy neural network, wherein the policy neural network is configured to receive an observation characterizing a state of the environment, update a belief representation of the state of the environment, generate a latent representation from the belief representation, and generate an output specifying an action to be performed by the agent from the latent representation, and wherein the method comprises: initializing an internal representation of a state of the environment at a current time point; repeatedly performing the following operations: receiving an action to be performed by the agent; generating, based on the internal representation, a predicted latent representation that is a prediction of a latent representation that would have been generated by the policy neural network by processing an observation characterizing the state of the environment corresponding to the internal representation; and updating the internal representation to simulate a state transition caused by the agent performing the received action by processing the predicted latent representation and the received action using the environment model; selecting, based on a result of repeatedly performing the operations, the action to be performed by the agent in the environment at the current time point and causing the agent to perform the action. initializing an internal representation of a state of the environment at a current time point; repeatedly performing the following operations: receiving an action to be performed by the agent; generating, based on the internal representation, a predicted latent representation that is a prediction of a latent representation that would have been generated by the policy neural network by processing an observation characterizing the state of the environment corresponding to the internal representation; and updating the internal representation to simulate a state transition caused by the agent performing the received action by processing the predicted latent representation and the received action using the environment model; receiving an action to be performed by the agent; generating, based on the internal representation, a predicted latent representation that is a prediction of a latent representation that would have been generated by the policy neural network by processing an observation characterizing the state of the environment corresponding to the internal representation; and updating the internal representation to simulate a state transition caused by the agent performing the received action by processing the predicted latent representation and the received action using the environment model; selecting, based on a result of repeatedly performing the operations, the action to be performed by the agent in the environment at the current time point and causing the agent to perform the action.
An image processing device for generating from an input image (102; 710, 720; 810), which is a first image of a scene, an output image (104; 712, 714, 722, 724; 812, 814), which is a second image of the scene, wherein the output image corresponds to an exposure that is different from an exposure of the input image, the exposure of the input image refers to an amount of light gathered by a capturing device, the image processing device comprising an intensity transformer that is configured to determine one or more intensities of an output pixel, which is a pixel of the output image, based on an input patch (902-914), the input patch comprising an input pixel and one or more further pixels of the input image, the input pixel being a pixel of the input image that corresponds to the output pixel; characterized in that the intensity transformer is configured to determine the one or more intensities of the output pixel using intensity transformation data that has been generated by training a machine learning predictor with source patches from a plurality of source training images and target patches from a corresponding plurality of target training images, wherein a ratio between the exposure of the input image (102; 710, 720; 810) and the exposure of the output image (104; 712, 714, 722, 724; 812, 814) corresponds to a ratio between exposures of the source training images and exposures of the target training images; wherein the device further comprises a high dynamic range, HDR, image generator configured to generate an HDR image based on the input image and the output image .
A process for producing a hydrogenated, such as protonated, deuterated or tritiated, organic compound, comprising subjecting an organic compound and water or heavy water to mechanochemical reaction in the presence of a catalyst metal, thereby producing the hydrogenated organic compound.
A dressing for a Huber needle assembly comprising a pad having an aperture for receiving a housing of a Huber needle assembly embedded in a patient and an adhesive layer on an underside of said pad for adhering to a patient and a transparent bubble secured directly to said pad in alignment with said aperture to contain the housing of the Huber needle assembly therein and the bubble having a slot for passage of a tubing from the housing of the Huber needle assembly characterized in having a foldable section for folding over said pad and sized to cover said pad therein, said section having an adhesive on a periphery thereof for adherence to a patient.
A gas turbine engine intended to be used in part in hot ambient conditions, comprising: a compressor wherein the compressor comprises a compressor discharge case with one or more bore holes therethrough; a turbine ; the turbine comprising a wheel space adjacent to a plurality of rotor wheels ; and a wheel space water cooling system in communication with the wheel space to provide a flow of water thereto, wherein the wheel space water cooling system comprises a water line extending through one of the one or more bore holes in whole or in part; wherein the wheel space water cooling system is activated above a predetermined ambient temperature, characterized in that the compressor discharge case is maintained in a sealed state so as to prevent a flow of compressor air from reaching the wheel space through the compressor discharge case . a compressor wherein the compressor comprises a compressor discharge case with one or more bore holes therethrough; a turbine ; the turbine comprising a wheel space adjacent to a plurality of rotor wheels ; and a wheel space water cooling system in communication with the wheel space to provide a flow of water thereto, wherein the wheel space water cooling system comprises a water line extending through one of the one or more bore holes in whole or in part; wherein the wheel space water cooling system is activated above a predetermined ambient temperature, characterized in that the compressor discharge case is maintained in a sealed state so as to prevent a flow of compressor air from reaching the wheel space through the compressor discharge case .
A quantum signal detection method, comprising: splitting a received optical pulse sequence into a first pulse sequence and a second pulse sequence that are in orthogonal polarization, wherein the optical pulse sequence comprises reference pulses and signal pulses whose time sequences are alternate and frequencies are the same, and the signal pulses are quantum signal pulses; obtaining information about the reference pulses; generating local oscillator light, wherein the local oscillator light is a pulse sequence whose time sequence is coincident with a time sequence of the optical pulse sequence; splitting the local oscillator light into first local oscillator light and second local oscillator light whose intensities are the same and that are in orthogonal polarization, wherein the first local oscillator light and the first pulse sequence are in a same polarization state, and the second local oscillator light and the second pulse sequence are in a same polarization state; performing homodyne detection on the first pulse sequence and the first local oscillator light, and performing homodyne detection on the second pulse sequence and the second local oscillator light, to obtain homodyne detection results; and obtaining regular components of the signal pulses in the optical pulse sequence according to the homodyne detection results and the information about the reference pulses. splitting a received optical pulse sequence into a first pulse sequence and a second pulse sequence that are in orthogonal polarization, wherein the optical pulse sequence comprises reference pulses and signal pulses whose time sequences are alternate and frequencies are the same, and the signal pulses are quantum signal pulses; obtaining information about the reference pulses; generating local oscillator light, wherein the local oscillator light is a pulse sequence whose time sequence is coincident with a time sequence of the optical pulse sequence; splitting the local oscillator light into first local oscillator light and second local oscillator light whose intensities are the same and that are in orthogonal polarization, wherein the first local oscillator light and the first pulse sequence are in a same polarization state, and the second local oscillator light and the second pulse sequence are in a same polarization state; performing homodyne detection on the first pulse sequence and the first local oscillator light, and performing homodyne detection on the second pulse sequence and the second local oscillator light, to obtain homodyne detection results; and obtaining regular components of the signal pulses in the optical pulse sequence according to the homodyne detection results and the information about the reference pulses.