Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for image encoding, the apparatus including: a transmitter memory configured to store a program for encoding a stereoscopic 3D image; and an encoding processor configured to execute the program stored in the transmitter memory, wherein the encoding processor is configured to: generate a first stream and a second stream from a left image and a down-converted right image, decode the first stream and the second stream to generate a decoded left image and a first decoded right image; generate a third stream from the decoded left image, the first decoded right image, and an original right image, and decode the third stream to generate a second decoded right image; and generate a fourth stream from the second decoded right image and the original right image.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing haptic stimulation includes an ultrasonic actuator configured to provide haptic stimulation to a part of a body located at a target location by generating an ultrasonic signal, and forming sound pressure at the target location via the generated ultrasonic signal; an object sensor provided around the ultrasonic actuator and configured to detect an object within a region between the ultrasonic actuator and the target location; and a control module configured to stop operation of the ultrasonic actuator based on detecting the object within the region is sensed.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device comprises a substrate comprising a conductive structure and an inner side and an outer side, a first electronic component over the inner side of the substrate and coupled with the conductive structure, a lid over the substrate and the first electronic component and comprising a first hole in the lid, and a thermal interface material between the first electronic component and the lid. The thermal interface material is in the first hole. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A convertible seat for a vehicle includes a base frame having a predetermined dimension of storage space, a plurality of individual blocks disposed to be ascendable and descendable in the storage space of the base frame and configured to serve as a seatback and a seat cushion, and a raising and lowering drive device installed in each of the individual blocks and configured to raise or lower a corresponding one of the individual blocks so that a seat position can be changed into various forms.

Abstract: Proposed herein is a reclining apparatus for a seat, which secures coupling between a cap and a gear plate through a uniform position adjustment of the cap when the cap of a recliner is assembled, secures operation performance between components, and prevents a bearing from being deformed and separated due to an external force.

Abstract: An embodiment composition for solid electrolyte membranes of all-solid-state batteries includes a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities. An embodiment method of manufacturing a solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery includes forming a composition including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities and cross-linking the composition.

Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by a computer, for correcting a brain image by using a brain structure. The method comprises: a step for obtaining a head image including the brain of a subject; a step for dividing the head image into a plurality of regions on the basis of the brain structure; and a step for performing a correction on the plurality of regions by using a layer arrangement condition of the brain.

Abstract: A substrate processing method is provided. The substrate processing method comprises loading a substrate onto a substrate support inside a chamber, forming a plasma inside the chamber, providing a first DC pulse signal to an electromagnet that generates a magnetic field inside the chamber and processing the substrate with the plasma, wherein the first DC pulse signal is repeated at a first period including a first section and a second section subsequent to the first section, the first DC pulse signal has a first level during the first section, and the first DC pulse signal has a second level different from the first level during the second section.

Abstract: This invention relates to a positive photosensitive resin composition that includes a siloxane copolymer of two kinds of reactive silane compounds with specific structures wherein residual impurities such as unreacted monomers and catalysts are minimized, and a UV absorber including one or more kinds of phenol hydroxyl groups capable of crosslinking and an alkoxy group. Accordingly, the resin composition exhibits excellent performances such as sensitivity, resolution, and degree of planarization, and also has excellent weatherability and UV absorbance, thereby providing excellent panel reliability.

Abstract: A display includes: a display panel; and a panel bottom sheet disposed below the display panel, the panel bottom sheet including: a first heat dissipation layer; a second heat dissipation layer over the first heat dissipation layer, including a first opening formed completely through the second heat dissipation layer in a thickness direction; a heat dissipation coupling interlayer between the first heat dissipation layer and the second heat dissipation layer, and a heat dissipation substrate on the second heat dissipation layer.

Abstract: A driver assistance system for vehicles, which is capable of preventing driver carelessness from causing a vehicle accident when a vehicle stops while traveling, includes a vehicle sensor unit configured to detect driver state data, a driver assistance unit operated to assist a driver when driver carelessness about vehicle driving is detected when a vehicle stops while traveling, and a control unit configured to identify whether the driver is careless based on the driver state data when the vehicle stops while traveling, and to operate the driver assistance unit when the driver carelessness is detected, preventing the vehicle from driving.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a force and complex vibration rendering system using a force feedback device and a wideband resonance actuator, and a method for providing force and complex vibration using the system.

Abstract: A pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second node to which a first power voltage for driving the light emitting element is to be applied, and a third node electrically connected to the light emitting element; and a bias control transistor configured to be controlled in operating timing thereof by a bias control signal, and configured to switch electrical connection between the second node and a bias power line for transmitting a bias voltage. In one frame period, a voltage level of the bias voltage to be applied to the second node sequentially increases.

Abstract: Provided is a 10-20 system-based position information providing method performed by a computer. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a head image of a subject; receiving, from a user, an input of at least four reference points on the basis of the head image; calculating central coordinates in the head image on the basis of the at least four reference points; and providing 10-20 system-based position information on the basis of the central coordinates.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can duplicate modules so as to satisfy a performance level d (pl-d) required for the functional satisfy of a robot.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can duplicate modules so as to satisfy a performance level d (pl-d) required for the functional satisfy of a robot.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can generate a safety zone which is a zone to sense whether an obstacle is present.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for redesigning treatment prescriptions according to evaluation of treatment effectiveness. In the present invention, when the system receives the treatment prescriptions from the medical staff terminal, sets the treatment device according to the treatment prescriptions, and delivers the treatment device to the patient, the patient performs treatment by himself using the treatment device at home. When the treatment is finished, the patient terminal transmits the treatment history information, the treatment image obtained by photographing the process of self-treatment, and the questionnaire replies to the system. The system calculates compliance from the treatment history information, evaluates the treatment motor/cognitive/emotional functions from the questionnaire reply, and then provides them to the medical staff terminal together with the questionnaire replies, and allows the medical staff to evaluate effect of the treatment prescriptions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating a user pose using a three-dimensional virtual space model. The method of estimating a user pose including the position and orientation information of a user for a three-dimensional space includes a step of receiving user information including an image acquired in a three-dimensional space, a step of confirming a three-dimensional virtual space model constructed based on spatial information including depth information and image information for the three-dimensional space, a step of generating corresponding information corresponding to the user information in the three-dimensional virtual space model, a step of calculating similarity between the corresponding information and the user information, and a step of estimating a user pose based on the similarity.

Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for providing information needed for dementia diagnosis. In the apparatus and method in accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention, an MRI brain image and a PET brain image of a subject for diagnosis are received, the MRI brain image is divided into a plurality of regions, and then the MRI brain image is registered with the PET brain image. Then, a standardized uptake value ratio of each divided region is obtained from the registered image, and for each divided region, a standard value indicating the degree of proximity of a standardized uptake value ratio of the subject for diagnosis to the average value of the standardized uptake value ratios of the group of the Alzheimer's patients and the average value of the standardized uptake value ratios of the normal group, which are stored in advance, is obtained.