Abstract: A communication system retrieves profile data corresponding to a user profile of a second user, identifies a status message in the profile data, display, via a user interface of the instant messenger application, the status message; in response to receiving, via the user interface, a user input associated with the status message: query, based on the status message, a database to identify one or more items, and display, via the user interface of the instant messenger application, item data corresponding to the one or more items, receive, via the user interface, a user input associated with the one or more items, instantiate a transaction authentication of the one or more items by causing transmission of transaction information data associated with the first user, and cause, based on the transaction authentication of the one or more items, delivery of the one or more items to an account of the second user.

Abstract: Proposed is a system for monitoring internal conditions of a processing chamber. The system includes at least one sensor provided inside the processing chamber and configured to measure an amount of reactant present inside the processing chamber, and a monitoring apparatus configured to monitor the internal conditions of the processing chamber on the basis of a measurement value received from the at least one sensor, wherein the monitoring apparatus determines at least one of a start point and an end point of a cleaning process for the processing chamber on the basis of a change in the measurement value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterojunction semiconductor substrate having excellent dielectric properties, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device using the same. The present invention provides a heterojunction semiconductor substrate with improved interlayer adhesion, low leakage current, and excellent dielectric properties that maintain strength in a ferroelectric fatigue experiment by interposing a metal layer and a conductive metal oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate to form an epitaxial oxide thin film layer composed of perovskite piezoelectric oxide. The heterojunction semiconductor substrate can be applied to sensors, actuators, transducers, or MEMS devices that use the high functionality of the high-quality epitaxial oxide thin film layer, including applications in electronic and optical devices.

Abstract: An embodiment method of recognizing a parking floor for a vehicle includes recognizing a spot at which the vehicle enters a parking deck, obtaining an inclination signal indicating an inclination trajectory of the vehicle traveling during a parking period from entry to the parking deck to parking, obtaining an inclination pulse of the inclination signal based on a reference inclination value, and determining a floor number of the parking deck on which the vehicle is parked using the inclination pulse.

Abstract: A method of decoding a motion vector includes: obtaining information indicating a motion vector resolution (MVR) of a current block from a bitstream, selecting one candidate block from among at least one candidate block, based on the MVR of the current block; and obtaining a motion vector of the current block corresponding to the MVR, by using a motion vector of the determined one candidate block as a prediction motion vector of the current block.

Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a terminal. The method includes determining a profile item applicable to the profile view for the account based on an input received by the terminal and a coordinate indicating a position where the profile item is provided on the profile view. The method includes displaying the profile item on a screen of the terminal based on the determined profile item and the determined coordinate. The method includes receiving an input related to the profile item, and displaying a visual effect corresponding to the input on the screen.

Abstract: A dual release actuator for a vehicle seat includes a motor, a cable carrier configured to receive power of the motor, thereby rotating to selectively pull one of two different cables, a Hall sensor to sense rotation of the motor, and a controller configured to count a sensing pulse of the Hall sensor for controlling rotation of the motor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may comprise: a plurality of lower electrodes which are on a substrate; a first electrode support which is between adjacent lower electrodes and comprises a metallic material; a dielectric layer which is on the lower electrodes and the first electrode support to extend along profiles of the first electrode support and each of the lower electrodes; and an upper electrode which is on the dielectric layer.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise a substrate, a device stack, first and second internal interconnects, and an encapsulant. The substrate can comprise a first and second substrate sides opposite each other, a substrate outer sidewall between the first substrate side and the second substrate side, and a substrate inner sidewall defining a cavity between the first substrate side and the second substrate side. The device stack can be in the cavity and can comprise a first electronic device, and a second electronic device stacked on the first electronic device. The first internal interconnect can be coupled to the substrate and the device stack. The encapsulant can cover the substrate inner sidewall and the device stack and can fill the cavity. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

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: The present invention includes obtaining block type identification information on a partition of the current macroblock when the current macroblock is intra-mixed specifying a bock type of the current macroblock based on the block type identification information, obtaining an intra prediction mode of the current macroblock according to the block type of the partition of the current macroblock, and predicting the current macroblock using the intra prediction mode and a pixel value of a neighboring block.

Abstract: Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming a sacrificial layer in a preliminary substrate by adding an element into the preliminary substrate, forming a transistor structure on the preliminary substrate, the transistor structure including a source/drain region, replacing the sacrificial layer with a power contact that comprises an upper surface contacting the source/drain region, and forming a power rail that contacts a lower surface of the power contact.

Abstract: Described herein are doppel-targeting molecules (e.g., antibodies) useful for inhibiting pathological angiogenesis and treating diseases and conditions associated with pathological angiogenesis, such as tumors, cancers, atherosclerosis, tuberculosis, asthma, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), neoplasms and neoplasm-related conditions, and for detecting doppel expression in a subject. Related compositions and methods also are described.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The driving controller processes input image data according to a variable input frequency and generates a data signal having a varied frame length. The data driver converts the data signal into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. The driving controller determines a variable frequency mode and generates an asymmetric data signal including a positive data signal and a negative data signal which are asymmetric with respect to a common voltage for a same grayscale value in the variable frequency mode.

Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and scan lines; a data driver disposed on one side of the pixel unit to drive the data lines; a scan driver disposed on the one side of the pixel unit together with the data driver to drive the scan lines; and a controller which controls an output timing of a data signal in units of pixel columns and units of pixel rows based on a load of a scan signal supplied to the scan lines and a load of the data signal supplied to the data lines.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and an image sticking compensator configured to generate a second image data by reflecting an age data accumulated in a first image data input from an external source. The image sticking compensator generates the age data by accumulating a deterioration data generated by reflecting a frequency weight corresponding to a determined frequency of a previous frame to an image data of the previous frame after the image data of the previous frame is stored.

Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and scan lines; a data driver disposed on one side of the pixel unit to drive the data lines; a scan driver disposed on the one side of the pixel unit together with the data driver to drive the scan lines; and a controller which controls an output timing of a data signal in units of pixel columns and units of pixel rows based on a load of a scan signal supplied to the scan lines and a load of the data signal supplied to the data lines.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and an image sticking compensator configured to generate a second image data by reflecting an age data accumulated in a first image data input from an external source. The image sticking compensator generates the age data by accumulating a deterioration data generated by reflecting a frequency weight corresponding to a determined frequency of a previous frame to an image data of the previous frame after the image data of the previous frame is stored.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The driving controller processes input image data according to a variable input frequency and generates a data signal having a varied frame length. The data driver converts the data signal into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. The driving controller determines a variable frequency mode and generates an asymmetric data signal including a positive data signal and a negative data signal which are asymmetric with respect to a common voltage for a same grayscale value in the variable frequency mode.