Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a two-side heat exchange mode in which both introducing a second fluid into a hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with a first fluid in a second heat exchanger in a state in which a compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in a thermal device are performed. The method also includes a one-side heat exchange mode in which one of introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger in a state in which the compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device is performed.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging system provides member authentication, charging, and simple payment. The system improves convenience for a customer by extracting a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address of a vehicle and performing membership registration procedure, member authentication procedure, simple payment, and charging procedure using the extracted MAC address of the vehicle and customer information provided at the time of membership registration. The system increases customer satisfaction by providing a customer with simple payment and a payment amount along with completion of the charging.

Abstract: Provided is a bioresorbable stent including a stent substrate including a bioresorbable polymer and a contrast medium containing an iodine component, coated on the stent substrate. Since the stent according to the present invention is absorbed in and removed from the human body after a predetermined time, it has excellent biodegradability since it has improved radiopacity by iodine contrast medium coating, it has a high radiography contrast and is very efficient even when a procedure is performed with real time radiography, and since it has low foreshortening and high flexibility, radial force, and re-coil, it may be useful for insertion into a blood vessel having a small diameter, an acute occlusive lesion, an imminent occlusive lesion, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding method using a skip mode and a device using the method. The image encoding method may comprise the steps of: judging whether there is residual block data of a prediction target block on the basis of predetermined data indicating whether residual block data has been encoded; and, if there is residual block data, restoring the prediction target block on the basis of the residual block data and an intra-screen predictive value of the prediction target block. Consequently, encoding and decoding efficiency can be increased by carrying out the encoding and decoding of screen residual data only for prediction target blocks where there is a need for a residual data block in accordance with screen similarity.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first active pattern disposed on the substrate, a second active pattern stacked on the first active pattern, a first gate structure extending to intersect the first active pattern and the second active pattern, a second gate structure spaced apart from the first gate structure and extending to intersect the first active pattern and the second active pattern, a first epitaxial pattern interposed between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, and connected to the first active pattern, a second epitaxial pattern interposed between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, and connected to the second active pattern, an insulating pattern interposed between the first epitaxial pattern and the second epitaxial pattern, and a semiconductor film interposed between the insulating pattern and the second epitaxial pattern, the semiconductor film extending along a top surface of the insulating pattern.

Abstract: The present invention presents a method providing an additional service during electric vehicle charging by (a) the electric vehicle charger (200) detecting connection with an electric vehicle (100) via a charging cable; (b) the electric vehicle charger (200) exchanging charging messages through a charging port in a PLC modem, when the connection is detected in step (a); and (c) the electric vehicle charger (200) providing an additional service for the electric vehicle once the charging begins, and therefore, providing additional services such as software updates, vehicle contents updates requested by a driver during the charging of the electric vehicle, and thus providing convenience for the car owners without visiting car diagnostic service center.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing an oligomer including: supplying a monomer stream and a solvent stream to a reactor to perform an oligomerization reaction to prepare a reaction product; supplying a discharge stream from the reactor including the reaction product to a separation device and supplying a lower discharge stream from the separation device to a settling tank; adding an organic flocculant to the settling tank to settle and remove a polymer and supplying the lower discharge stream from the separation device from which the polymer is removed to a high boiling point separation column; and removing a high boiling point material from the lower portion in the high boiling point separation column and supplying an upper discharge stream including an oligomer to a solvent separation column.

Abstract: An optical film for a display device, includes: a first refractive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface including first projections and second projections extending away from the lower surface in a first direction, the second projections having different heights than the first projections, the first projections having lateral sides with different angles of inclination that decrease in the first direction; and a second refractive layer disposed directly on the upper surface of the first refractive layer, the second refractive layer having a refractive index different from that of the first refractive layer.

Abstract: A gadget for retroreflected signal measurement is disclosed. The gadget for measuring the retroreflected signal includes a partitioning wall; a portable terminal receiving portion disposed on one surface of the partitioning wall; a biosensor receiving portion disposed on the other surface of the partitioning wall and constructed to receive a biosensor therein; a light exit channel defined in the partitioning wall and at one side thereof; and a light-receiving channel adjacent to the light exit channel and defined in the partitioning wall, wherein light passes through the light exit channel and then is reflected from the biosensor, and then is incident into the light-receiving channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an encoding method and decoding method, and a device using the same. The encoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: specifying an intra prediction mode for a current block; and scanning a residual signal by intra prediction of the current block, wherein the step of scanning the residual signal can determine a scanning type for a luminance signal and a chroma signal of the current block according to an intra prediction mode for a luminance sample of the current block.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure including a plurality of first insulating patterns and a plurality of first semiconductor patterns alternately stacked on a substrate, the first stacked structure extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, a first conductive pattern on one side surface of the first stacked structure, the first conductive pattern extending in a second direction crossing the upper surface of the substrate, and a first ferroelectric layer between the first stacked structure and the first conductive pattern, the first ferroelectric layer extending in the second direction, wherein each of the first semiconductor patterns includes a first impurity region, a first channel region and a second impurity region which are sequentially arranged along the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for fabricating a display panel including: an attachment member having a fixing portion in a pressurization direction to which a pressurization header is fixed, an attachment driving member configured to move the attachment member and the pressurization header in the pressurization direction or a detachment direction through a fixing frame of the attachment member, a first pressure sensing module between the pressurization header and the attachment member and configured to generate first pressure detection signals according to pressure applied to the pressurization header, a gradient setting module configured to set a gradient of the pressurization header based on magnitudes of the first pressure detection signals, and a gradient control module configured to adjust gradients of the pressurization header, the attachment member, and the fixing frame according to control of the gradient setting module.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display area comprising a plurality of pixels, and a data line and a gate line electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area, a plurality of pads disposed on a side of the non-display area, a gate control line electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of pads and that supplies a gate control signal, a driving voltage line electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of pads and that supplies a driving voltage, an antistatic circuit electrically connected to the gate control line, a scan driver that generates a gate signal based on a gate control signal received from the gate control line and that supplies the gate signal to the gate line, and a shielding layer integral to the driving voltage line to overlap the top of the antistatic circuit.

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a display panel, the apparatus including: a loading module configured to accommodate a large-area fabricating substrate, the loading module being configured to adjust an inclination of the large-area fabricating substrate from a rear surface of the large-area fabricating substrate and to press the large-area fabricating substrate; and an element transfer module configured to transfer a plurality of light emitting elements or an integrated circuit onto the large-area fabricating substrate and configured to bond and press a wafer on which the plurality of light emitting elements or the at least one integrated circuit is located onto the large-area fabricating substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a display panel, including a film fixing module configured to fix a stretched film on which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged, a film pressurizing module configured to pressurize the stretched film, a first thickness detection module configured to detect, at each pressurization step, a modulus of elasticity and a change in thickness of the stretched film that is pressurized and stretched by the film pressurizing module, a second thickness detection module configured to detect, at each pressurization step, a change in thickness of an adhesive applied in a front direction of the stretched film, an image detection module configured to photograph the plurality of light emitting elements arranged on the stretched film for each pressurization step and to detect a change in arrangement information of the light emitting elements, and a main processor configured to database feature change information.

Abstract: An example electronic device includes a housing; a touchscreen display; a microphone; at least one speaker; a button disposed on a portion of the housing or set to be displayed on the touchscreen display; a wireless communication circuit; a processor; and a memory. When a user interface is not displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables a user to receive a user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to an external server. An instruction for performing a task is received from the server. When the user interface is displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables the user to receive the user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to the external server.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, conductive pads arranged on the substrate over a plurality of rows, and a drive circuit chip including bumps arranged over a plurality of rows to be electrically connected with the conductive pads, and the conductive pads arranged in a same row are arranged in parallel, and the bumps arranged in a same row are arranged in a zigzag form so as to be partially shifted.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding of input bits based on a parity check matrix including information word bits and parity bits, the LDPC codeword including a plurality of bit groups each including a plurality of bits; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the interleaver is further configured to interleave the LDPC codeword such that a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among the plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.

Abstract: A method for coding image information includes generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit, and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information. When the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted. When the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted.