Abstract: Disclosed is a ramp signal generator. The ramp signal generator includes: a first unit current source including first sub-unit current sources, and configured to output a first unit current during a first time period; and a second unit current source including second sub-unit current sources, and configured to output a second unit current during a second time period. The first sub-unit current sources are configured to operate according to first sub-ramp control signals, respectively. The second sub-unit current sources are configured to operate according to second sub-ramp control signals, respectively. n first sub-ramp control signals among the first sub-ramp control signals are activated, and m sub-ramp control signals among the second sub-ramp control signals are activated, n and m being different natural numbers.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate comprising a memory cell region and a dummy cell region surrounding the memory cell region, the memory cell region including a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of active regions in the memory cell region, each of the plurality of active regions extending in a long axis direction, the long axis direction being a diagonal direction with respect to a first horizontal direction and a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, each of the plurality of active regions having a first width in a short axis direction orthogonal to the long axis direction, and a plurality of dummy active regions in the dummy cell region, each extending in the long axis direction, each of the plurality of dummy active regions having a second width greater than the first width in the short axis direction.

Abstract: A speaker module includes a yoke plate, a first speaker including a first magnet coupled to the yoke plate, a diaphragm spaced apart from the yoke plate and a first coil coupled to the diaphragm, and a second speaker including a housing coupled to the yoke plate and on a side of the first speaker, a second coil provided in the housing and coupled to the yoke plate, and a second magnet spaced apart from the second coil in the housing and coupled to the housing.

Abstract: A superconducting quantum interferometric device (SQUID) includes: a conductive material region formed on a partial region of a substrate; a first superconducting material layer including a first loop including first and second extension units that are spaced apart from each other to form a proximity Josephson junction and that form a stack structure with the conductive material region; a second superconducting material layer including a second loop including first and second end units spaced apart from each other; and a tunnel Josephson junction formed by a stack structure including a tunnel thin film layer forming and the first and second end units, wherein at least a portion of the second loop forms a stack structure with the first loop.

Abstract: A mobile device and a method of controlling the same.

Abstract: A device for gathering image sets includes: N digital cameras including one or more ground truth cameras for capturing high quality ground truth images and one or more target cameras for capturing low quality target images, the N digital cameras being optically coupled via N?1 beam splitters, at least N?1 cameras of the N digital cameras being mounted on automatically adjustable mounts; and at least one computer readable storage device storing instructions executable by at least one processor. The instructions cause the at least one processor to adjust the at least N?1 cameras by actuating the automatically adjustable mounts on which the at least N?1 cameras are mounted; synchronize image capture by the digital cameras; and control the digital cameras to gather sets of N images. The at least N?1 cameras are adjusted based on at least one set of N images of the scene.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a color filter array including a first color filter including a first number of blue pass filtering elements, the first number of red pass filtering elements, and green pass filtering elements in a first pattern, wherein a number of the green pass filtering elements in the first pattern is twice the first number, and a second color filter including a second number of blue pass filtering elements, the second number of red pass filtering elements, and green pass filtering elements in a second pattern, wherein a number of green pass filtering elements in the second pattern is twice the second number, and the second number is greater than the first number. The second color filter may surround an area of the first color filter.

Abstract: A method of controlling a sound output of a first audio reproducing device that is operable in a simultaneous listening mode with a second audio reproducing device such that, in the simultaneous listening mode, each of the first audio reproducing device and the second audio reproducing device operate to output content sound based on an audio content signal streamed from a corresponding content providing device through a communication connection, according to their respective sound output settings, the method including detecting a conversation request from the second audio reproducing device; controlling the first audio reproducing device to exit the simultaneous listening mode, enter a conversation mode, and change the sound output setting of the first audio reproducing device, in response to detecting the conversation request; and controlling the first audio reproducing device to output the content sound based on the changed sound output setting while operating in the conversation mode.

Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose methods and devices for managing data traffic on a receiver. A method disclosed herein includes detecting, by a receiver, at least one out of order radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) in a plurality of RLC PDUs received from a transmitter, performing, by the receiver, a recovery action based on a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) reordering time to recover the at least one out of order RLC PDU; and causing, by the receiver, an RLC layer to send a plurality of RLC service data units (SDUs) to a higher layer after the performing the recovery action, the plurality of RLC SDUs corresponding to the plurality of RLC PDUs.

Abstract: A method of estimating a short circuit resistance in a battery using open cell voltage (OCV) includes: determining a rest period OCV for a rest period of the battery; determining a no-short OCV of a no-short condition based on a predetermined parameter, a first state-of-health (SoH) parameter, and a first temperature of the battery; determining that an internal short is present in the battery based on the no-short OCV and the rest period OCV, and based thereon extending the rest period of the battery; determining an extended OCV of the battery for the extended rest period based on the predetermined parameter, a second SoH parameter, and a second temperature of the battery; and estimating the short circuit resistance based on the no-short OCV, the predetermined parameter, and the extended OCV.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides power supply apparatuses and controlling methods thereof. In some embodiments, a power supply apparatus includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the PFC circuit. The PFC circuit includes a power inputter configured to receive alternating current voltage to be rectified, an inductor having an end coupled to an end of the power inputter, a first switching element configured to be turned on and off according to a first control signal, a second switching element configured to be turned on and off according to a second control signal, and an outputter configured to output a direct current voltage through an output capacitor. The control circuit is further configured to respectively apply the first and second control signals to the first and second switching elements such that the first and the second switching elements are alternately turned on.

Abstract: A cleaner including a wet cloth brush to which a pad is installable so as to be below a bottom surface of the wet cloth brush, the wet cloth brush including a pad motor configured to rotate a pad installed to the wet cloth brush, a water supplier configured to spray water to a surface to be cleaned, a light source configured to irradiate light to the pad installed to the wet cloth brush, and a processor configured to, based on an intensity of the light reflected from the pad, control a rotation speed of the pad motor, and/or control an amount of water sprayed by the water supplier to the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance including: a main body including a cooking chamber, a door positioned at a front of the main body to open and close the cooking chamber, a camera disposed toward the cooking chamber to obtain a photograph an inside of the cooking chamber, a camera cooling fan configured to intake external air to cool the camera, and an air guide configured to form a flow path such that external air is provided toward the camera by the camera cooling fan. The air guide guides air passed through the camera to be discharged toward a front of the camera cooling fan.

Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring images includes an image sensor and a signal processor. The image sensor may include a sensor substrate and a color separation lens array, wherein the sensor substrate includes a plurality of photo-sensing cells, and the color separation lens array may separate an incident light into a plurality of lights having different wavelengths and forms a phase distribution for condensing the plurality of lights having the different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells of the plurality of photo-sensing cells. The signal processor may perform deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to obtain a sub-sampled image, perform demosaicing to restore a full resolution image having a full resolution from the sub-sampled image, and correct a color of the full resolution image using a point spread function (PSF) of the color separation lens array.

Abstract: A processor of a wearable device may display, based on identifying a location in a first area based on data of a sensor, a visual object. The processor may be configured to adjust, based on an input indicating selection of the visual object, the state of the camera to a first state for recording media. The processor may be configured to identify whether the location of the wearable device moves to a second area in the first area. The processor may be configured to obtain, based on identifying that the location of the wearable device moves into the second area, media based on the camera of the first state. The present disclosure relates to a metaverse service for enhancing interconnectivity between a real-world object and a virtual object, and the metaverse service may be provided over a network based on 5th generation (5G) and/or 6th generation (6G) communication systems.

Abstract: Provided is a flow path switching unit of a dryer configured to dry a drying material. The flow path switching unit includes a body portion, and a flow path guide dividing an internal space of the body portion to selectively form one of a first flow path of air for drying the drying material and a second flow path of air for dehumidifying outside air, according to an arrangement position of the body portion, and at a first position, the path switching unit provides the first flow path to guide air from a drum of the dryer toward a heat exchanger of the dryer, and at a second position, the path switching unit provides the second flow path to guide the outside air introduced from an outside of the dryer.

Abstract: A semiconductor measurement apparatus may include an illumination unit configured to irradiate light to the sample, an image sensor configured to receive light reflected from the sample and output multiple interference images representing interference patterns of polarization components of light, an optical unit in a path through which the image sensor receives light and including an objective lens above the sample, and a control unit configured to obtain, by processing the multi-interference image, measurement parameters determined from the polarization components at each of a plurality of azimuth angles defined on a plane perpendicular to a path of light incident to the image sensor. The control unit may be configured to determine a selected critical dimension to be measured from a structure in the sample based on measurement parameters. The illumination unit and/or the optical unit may include a polarizer and a compensator having a ¼ wave plate.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a memory configured to store a neural network model including a first network and a second network. The electronic apparatus also includes at least one processor connected to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to obtain description information corresponding to a first image by inputting the first image to the first network, obtain a second image based on the description information, obtain a third image representing a region of interest of the first image by inputting the first image and the second image to the second network. The neural network model is a model trained based on a plurality of sample images, a plurality of sample description information corresponding to the plurality of sample images, and a sample region of interest of the plurality of sample images.

Abstract: In an overlay measurement method, an overlay mark having programmed overlay values is provided. The overlay mark is scanned with an electron beam to obtain a voltage contrast image. A defect function that changes according to the overlay value is obtained from voltage contrast image data. Self-cross correlation is performed on the defect function to determine an overlay.

Abstract: An on-device training-based user recognition method includes performing on-device training on a feature extractor based on reference data corresponding to generalized users and user data, determining a registration feature vector based on an output from the feature extractor in response to the input of the user data, determining a test feature vector based on an output from the feature extractor in response to an input of test data, and performing user recognition on a test user based on a result of comparing the registration feature vector to the test feature vector.