Abstract: A picture generation apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a picture generation apparatus including a light source; a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) configured to output an image using light transmitted from the light source; and a control unit configured to control the light source and the SLM based on at least one of illuminance of the surroundings or content of the image.

Abstract: A display device including a pixel electrode, and a pixel circuit electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel circuit includes a first transistor including sub-transistors electrically connected to each other through a first common node, a second transistor including sub-transistors electrically connected to each other through a second common node, a first electrode electrically connecting the first common node with the second common node, and a second electrode disposed to overlap the first electrode and electrically connected to a direct current power source.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a substrate, and including flat surfaces and hole-shaped recess portions; upper-level plugs disposed over the flat surfaces; a spacer disposed between the upper-level plugs and providing a trench exposing the hole-shaped recess portions; a lower-level plug filling the hole-shaped recess portions; and a buried conductive line disposed over the lower-level plug and partially filling the trench.

Abstract: In the case of a gas in which several gases are mixed, a type and concentration of the gas may be incorrectly measured when measured using only an optical band-pass filter. The invention of the present application is directed to providing a technology in which a plurality of broadband band-pass filters having overlapping regions are provided to calculate a magnitude of absorption for each wavelength band for light passing through each broadband band-pass filter, thereby identifying the presence of a gas of interest and the presence of a gas other than the gas of interest.

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a display panel and a fabricating method of a display panel are provided. An apparatus for fabricating a display panel includes a loading module of a large-area fabricating substrate fabricated and separated into a plurality of display panels, a solvent application module configured to apply a metal bonding solvent onto the large-area fabricating substrate, and an element transfer module configured to transfer a plurality of light emitting elements or at least one integrated circuit onto the large-area fabricating substrate on which the metal bonding solvent is applied, and the loading module includes a groove type discharge path through which the metal bonding solvent applied by the solvent application module flows and is discharged.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing method and device using a line-wise operation. The image processing device, according to one embodiment, comprises: a receiver for receiving an image; at least one first line buffer for outputting the image into a line-wise image line; a first convolution operator for generating a feature map by performing a convolution operation on the basis of the output from the first line buffer; and a feature map processor for storing the output from the first convolution operator in units of at least one line, and processing so as to output the feature map stored in units of at least one line into a two-dimensional form, wherein at least one convolution operation operates in the form of a pipeline.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a DC-DC converter, a vehicle, and a control method including the same, and more particularly, to a DC-DC converter, a vehicle, and a control method including the same capable of effectively detecting and responding to an interlock failure of a connector.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer doped to have a first polarity, a second semiconductor layer doped to have a second polarity different from the first polarity, a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers, a shell layer formed on side surfaces of the first semiconductor layer, the light-emitting layer, and the second semiconductor layer, the shell layer including a divalent metal element, and an insulating film covering an outer surface of the shell layer and surrounding the side surface of the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: An integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle includes: a movable control device corresponding to a portable device that performs steering, gear-shifting, acceleration, and braking of a vehicle by a user's control when a driving mode is shifted from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode; and a fixed display device controlled in a touch manner to perform other functions other than steering, gear-shifting, acceleration, and braking, wherein a steering dial switch, a gear-shifting slide switch, an acceleration rotary switch, and a brake button switch are disposed in the movable control device and are manipulated differently.

Abstract: A monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention can bind to lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) including a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region and inhibit the activity thereof. Thus it is expected to be useful for the development of immunotherapeutic agents for various disorders that are associated with LAG-3.

Abstract: A method and a system thereof for producing a digital holographic screen based on multi-hogel printing are proposed. The system includes a light source unit including lasers, a dichroic mirror for RGB three color matching, mirrors, a beam splitter, and an optical shutter, an object beam unit including a spatial filter, a lens, and a mirror, a reference beam unit including a spatial filter, a lens, and a mirror, a diffuser fixing unit including a diffuser holder and a diffuser positioned between the object beam unit and a recording material and configured to scatter and diffuse the object beam, a photomask movement unit including a photomask holder, an XY-translation stage, and a photomask positioned between the reference beam unit and the recording medium and on which a grid-shaped on/off binary pattern is printed, and a controller configured to control the optical shutter and the XY-translation stage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a culture device and culture method for culturing a 3D cell aggregation and, specifically, to an overall technique for effectively culturing a 3D cell aggregation by using a culture device including a porous microwell, a membrane, and other additive components.

Abstract: A composition according to the present invention is capable of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and cancer stem cells, and also is capable of very effectively inhibiting the metastasis of cancer cells to other tissues. Thus, the composition may be very effectively used not only for the prevention, amelioration or treatment of cancer, but also for the inhibition of cancer metastasis.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an ultrathin micro-spectrometer and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, relates to an ultrathin micro-spectrometer including: a lens portion including: a convex lens; and a back-reflection grating layer which is formed on a rear surface of the convex lens and on the same surface of which a reflective diffraction grating and a first planar reflector are arranged; a substrate layer which is disposed to be spaced apart from the lens portion and on which a light incidence microslit is formed; a second planar reflector which is formed on the substrate layer; and a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensor on which light reflected by the lens portion is focused, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a light emitting element; a second transistor connected to a scan line; a first transistor which applies a current to the light emitting element; a capacitor connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor; and a third transistor connected to an output electrode of the first transistor and the gate electrode of the first transistor. Channels of the second transistor, the first transistor, and the third transistor are disposed in a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, and a width of a channel of the third transistor is in a range of about 1 ?m to about 2 ?m, and a length of the channel of the third transistor is in a range of about 1 ?m to about 2.5 ?m.

Abstract: A memory device, a host device and a memory system are provided. The memory device may include a plurality of storage units configured to store data, and at least one device controller configured to, receive a read command from at least one host device and to read data stored in the plurality of storage units in response to the read command, the at least one host device including at least one host memory including a plurality of HPB (high performance boosting) entry storage regions, and provide the at least one host device with a response command, the response command indicating an activation or deactivation of the plurality of HPB entry storage regions, the response command including HPB entry type information which indicates a HPB entry type of the HPB entry storage region.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon nitride film etching composition, a method of etching a silicon nitride film using the same, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device. Specifically, a silicon nitride film may be stably etched with a high selection ratio relative to a silicon oxide film, and when the composition is applied to an etching process at a high temperature and a semiconductor manufacturing process, not only no precipitate occurs but also anomalous growth in which the thickness of the silicon oxide film is rather increased does not occur, thereby minimizing defects and reliability reduction.

Abstract: A display device is described including a display panel for displaying an image and an input sensing unit disposed on the display panel for sensing a user input. The input sensing unit includes: an electrode unit including first electrodes and second electrodes which intersect each other and a control unit for determining the proximity of an object or the shape of the object, based on capacitance change values of the first electrodes and the second electrodes. In a first mode the input sensing unit is driven using a self-capacitance method. The control unit may merge the capacitance change values, and determine the proximity of the object based on the merged value. In a second mode based on mutual capacitance, the control unit may determine the shape of the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a serum exosomal SF3B4 marker composition for diagnosing early stage hepatocellular carcinoma for noninvasive in vitro diagnosis, wherein, by analyzing an expression level of SF3B4 in plasma proteins as well as expression of SF3B4 in exosomes present in sera of hepatocellular carcinoma patients, the possibility as the most suitable liquid biopsy marker was identified, and a new noninvasive biomarker with high diagnostic accuracy in early stage hepatocellular carcinoma for which no reliable biomarker exists at this present was discovered. As such, by using exosomes to identify cancer cell genomes and proteomes without biopsy, the exosomes are highly applicable in the future as a diagnostic biomarker that is useful in a disease group with a high risk in the biopsy such as hepatocellular carcinoma.