Abstract: An object-based image encoding/decoding method and device of the present disclosure may include an image partition step which partitions an image to obtain a first object region, a region scaling step which scales the first object region based on a scaling factor of the first object region to obtain a second objection region, a region merging step which merges the second object region with at least one of an object region different from the second object region or a non-object region to obtain a merged image, and an image reconstruction step which reconstructs the merged image.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method, device and recording medium based sed on multiple compression levels disclosure may include extracting a region of interest for machine vision from an input image, determining a compression level of the region of interest, and encoding the compression level of the region of interest.

Abstract: A vehicle cooling/heating system includes a coolant line in which coolant is circulated between a heat source component of a vehicle that provides waste heat and a chiller and a refrigerant line in which refrigerant is circulated through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. The refrigerant line performs indoor cooling through the evaporator. A controller controls the coolant line such that, during a drying mode in which it is necessary to dry the evaporator, the coolant in the coolant line is circulated or not circulated through the heat source component and the chiller, and such that the refrigerant in the refrigerant line flows, in order, through the compressor, the evaporator, and the chiller.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a cargo vehicle includes an evaporator, a first door, a condenser, a second door, a freezing room, a refrigerating room, a warming room, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control an amount of opening of each of the first internal air and external air door, the second internal air and external air door, the first door, and the second door and an amount of driving of each of the evaporator and the condenser in response to an outside air condition of a vehicle, controlling temperature of each of the freezing room, the refrigerating room, and the warming room.

Abstract: An embodiment is a thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system including a main refrigerant line in which a compressor, an indoor condenser, a first expansion valve, an outdoor condenser, a second expansion valve, and an indoor evaporator are sequentially provided, a battery cooling water line in which a battery, the chiller for a battery, and a water pump for a battery are sequentially provided, a refrigerant heater disposed between the compressor and the indoor condenser on the main refrigerant line, and a controller configured to control operations of the compressor and the refrigerant heater, control opening and closing of the first expansion valve and the second expansion valve, control operations of the water pump for an electric component and the water pump for a battery, and control flow paths of the refrigerant, the cooling water for an electric component, and the cooling water for a battery.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first interlayer insulating film; a conductive pattern in the first interlayer insulating film; a resistance pattern on the conductive pattern; an upper etching stopper film spaced apart from the resistance pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the resistance pattern, and including a first metal; a lower etching stopper film on the conductive pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and including a second metal; and a second interlayer insulating film on the upper etching stopper film and the lower etching stopper film, wherein a distance from a top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the upper etching stopper film is smaller than a distance from the top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the lower etching stopper film.

Abstract: Provided are a separator coating composition for a secondary battery including inorganic particles and a silane salt compound having a specific structure, a separator using the same, and an electrochemical device including the same. Specifically, a separator coating composition for a secondary battery which implements adhesion between an inorganic material layer and a porous substrate without including an acid/polymer-based organic binder in a coating composition for forming the inorganic material layer on one or both surfaces of the porous substrate and does not need a separate dispersing agent for dispersing the inorganic particles, a separator manufactured using the same, and an electrochemical device including the separator are provided.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provides a mask assembly including a frame defining an opening, a mask stick above the frame, extending in a first direction, defining through-holes, and including pattern areas that include one or more first non-hole portions in which no through-hole exists, and one or more second non-hole portions in which no through-hole exists, and a first support stick between the frame and the mask stick, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and overlapping the one or more second non-hole portions.

Abstract: A refrigerant circulation apparatus includes a refrigerant circulation component including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator forming a refrigerant cycle through circulation of a refrigerant, and a support body in which the compressor is fixed to one side, the condenser, the expander, and the evaporator are sequentially disposed on the other side along the refrigerant cycle of the refrigerant, and a plurality of flow paths are formed so that the refrigerant flows between the condenser, the expander, and the evaporator.

Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode arranged on the base substrate to be spaced apart from each other; a pixel defining film on the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode and including a first opening exposing the first pixel electrode, a second opening exposing the second pixel electrode and spaced apart from the first opening, and a third opening exposing the third pixel electrode and spaced apart from the first opening and the second opening; a first organic layer on the first pixel electrode exposed by the first opening; a second organic layer on the second pixel electrode exposed by the second opening; and a third organic layer on the third pixel electrode exposed by the third opening.

Abstract: An embodiment integrated thermal management system includes a first refrigerant line configured to allow a refrigerant to flow therethrough and including a compressor, an interior heat exchanger, a first expander, an exterior heat exchanger, a second expander, and an evaporator, a second refrigerant line including an integrated heat exchanger, a third refrigerant line, an expansion module configured to allow the refrigerant having passed through the first refrigerant line to flow to the integrated heat exchanger or to flow through the third refrigerant line, a first coolant line connected to the integrated heat exchanger, the first coolant line including a first water pump, a PE component, a first radiator, and a first valve, and a second coolant line connected to the integrated heat exchanger, the second coolant line including a second water pump, a battery, a second radiator, and a second valve.

Abstract: In an embodiment a system includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a switch vale, an integrated heat exchanger a first expander and a second expander connected to the refrigerant line, wherein the switch valve is configured to selectively circulate a refrigerant from the compressor either first to the indoor heat exchanger or first to the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the integrated heat exchanger is configured to receive the refrigerant from the indoor heat exchanger or the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the integrated heat exchanger is configured to act as a heat pump exchanging heat between the refrigerant and a heat exchange medium, wherein the first expander is configured to selectively expand the refrigerant related to the indoor heat exchanger, wherein the second expander is configured to selectively expand the refrigerant related to the integrated heat exchanger, and a controller configured to control refrigerant circulation directions through the switching valve

Abstract: A control system of a mounting portion upon which an arm of a passenger rests may include: the mounting portion upon which the arm of the passenger lays down and rests, a temperature adjuster provided to the mounting portion to increase a temperature of a surface of the mounting portion, a body temperature sensor provided to the mounting portion to measure a temperature of the arm of the passenger in contact with the mounting portion, a surface temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the surface of the mounting portion, and a controller configured to control an output of the temperature adjuster based on a difference between the temperature of the surface of the mounting portion measured by the surface temperature sensor and the temperature of the arm of the passenger measured by the body temperature sensor.

Abstract: A thermal management system for electric vehicles has a coolant circulation line provided in a charging station and containing therein a coolant having a predetermined temperature. A connector connects the coolant circulation line and a cooling system of a vehicle. A controller receives an ambient temperature of the vehicle. When a battery of the vehicle is rapidly charged, the controller controls the coolant circulation line of the charging station to be fastened to the cooling system of the vehicle so that the coolant in the charging station enters the cooling system through the connector. The controller controls the coolant overheated or supercooled to the predetermined temperature to be supplied to the vehicle according to a cooling condition or a heating condition of the battery while the vehicle is being charged through the connector.

Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell coolant line configured to circulate first coolant through a fuel cell, a battery chiller, and an integrated chiller, an indoor air-conditioning refrigerant line configured to circulate refrigerant through a first compressor, an indoor condenser, an outdoor heat exchanger, and the integrated chiller, and a battery refrigerant line configured to circulate refrigerant through a second compressor, an outdoor condenser, and the battery chiller.

Abstract: A deep learning-based cooling system temperature prediction apparatus has an artificial neural network modeled by connecting a plurality of artificial neural network submodels each including an input layer, a hidden layer, and an output layer is used. A pump flow speed, a cooling water flow rate, a battery inlet cooling water temperature, a motor inlet cooling water temperature, a radiator outlet cooling water temperature, a battery temperature, and a motor temperature are predicted by inputting at least one of a predetermined control variable, an environment variable, or a time variable to the plurality of artificial neural network submodels in accordance with a physical causality. A number of the plurality of artificial neural network submodels and the control variables or environment variables that are sequentially input to each submodel depend on divisional control and integral control of the cooling system.

Abstract: An integrated thermal management module for a vehicle may include a chiller; a first reservoir portion through which electric part-cooling water passes, and a second reservoir portion through which high-voltage battery-cooling water passes; a first pump that circulates the electric part-cooling water through an electric portion, and a first valve that controls cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the first reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the electric portion by the first pump; and a second pump that circulates the high-voltage battery-cooling water through a high-voltage battery, and a second valve that controls the cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the second reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the high-voltage battery by the second pump.

Abstract: An embodiment integrated thermal management system for a vehicle includes a main refrigerant line configured to circulate a refrigerant sequentially through a compressor, an inner condenser, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an evaporator, an integrated chiller configured to perform heat exchange between a first coolant flowing through a battery, a second coolant flowing through an electronic component, and the refrigerant, a gas injection refrigerant line branched from a downstream point of the inner condenser of the main refrigerant line based on a flow direction of the refrigerant and connected to the compressor, and a gas injection heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing through the gas injection refrigerant line and the refrigerant flowing through the main refrigerant line.

Abstract: A coolant circulation system for a vehicle performs heat management of a high voltage battery provided in an electric vehicle. The coolant circulation system is configured to be connected to the high voltage battery of the electric vehicle to combine coolant managed outside the electric vehicle and coolant circulated in the high voltage battery of the electric vehicle with each other to supply cooled or heated coolant to the high voltage battery. Thus, the charging efficiency is improved through temperature management of the high voltage battery when the high voltage battery is charged.

Abstract: An air-conditioning vent structure includes a duct portion supported by a duct panel, the duct portion including first and second outlets formed at an upper portion thereof and separated by a partition, and a curvature portion including a curvature, a sliding door slidable along an upper portion of the curvature portion at a lower end portion of the partition, the sliding door including a hole to adjust opening widths of the first and second outlets in accordance with a degree of sliding, a driving portion connected to the sliding door at a lower end portion of the duct panel and configured to apply driving force to the sliding door so that the sliding door slides in opposite directions, and a controller electrically connected to the driving portion to perform a control operation to allow the sliding door to slide in opposite directions in accordance with a use mode.