Abstract: Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Abstract: A power management apparatus, includes an artificial intelligence (AI) controller configured to monitor a user pattern, based on frequency band selection information of all users using a base station, to predict the user pattern, and a DC-DC converter configured to output a supply voltage based on the predicted user pattern.

Abstract: A system for estimating a state of health (SOH) of a battery using big data, may include a big data server receiving vehicle driving-related data generated from a vehicle and a result of determining the SOH of the battery, processing the received vehicle driving-related data, and generating and storing a factor related to the SOH of the battery mounted in the vehicle; and a controller mounted in the vehicle and determining the SOH of the battery referring to the factor stored in the big data server.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to atomic memory operations. In one example, a method of executing an instruction atomically and with weak order includes: fetching, by fetch circuitry, the instruction from code storage, the instruction including an opcode, a source identifier, and a destination identifier, decoding, by decode circuitry, the fetched instruction, selecting, by a scheduling circuit, an execution circuit among multiple circuits in a system, scheduling, by the scheduling circuit, execution of the decoded instruction out of order with respect to other instructions, with an order selected to optimize at least one of latency, throughput, power, and performance, and executing the decoded instruction, by the execution circuit, to: atomically read a datum from a location identified by the destination identifier, perform an operation on the datum as specified by the opcode, the operation to use a source operand identified by the source identifier, and write a result back to the location.

Abstract: An automatic opening and closing device for a vehicle lubrication flow passage includes a valve housing installed on one side of an oil pump of the vehicle and includes a valve positioned in the valve housing and installed in a lubrication flow passage of the oil pump that passes through the inside of the valve housing. The valve is operated to open and close the lubrication flow passage by rotation. The device also has a mass member installed on one end of the valve to surround a rotation axis of the valve. The mass member is rotated by an inertial force generated during a turn or acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle to rotate the valve.

Abstract: A method for operating a memory controller, the method including: receiving a first command from a first host; storing the first command in a queue; when the first command has a higher priority than a second command currently being performed, pausing an operation of the second command and performing a read operation of the first command; and continuing the operation of the second command after completion of the read operation of the first command.

Abstract: A method includes determining one or more metrics of a surgical task being performed by a surgeon based at least partially upon a type of the surgical task being performed and a video of the surgical task being performed. The method also includes determining a surgical skill of the surgeon during the surgical task based at least partially upon the video, the one or more metrics, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A novel compound for a capping layer, and an organic light-emitting device containing the same are disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus can include a layered electrode. The layered electrode can include a current collector material including a first side. The layered electrode can include a first electrode layer applied to the first side of the current collector material, the first electrode layer including a first applied viscosity of a first slurry. The layered electrode can include a second electrode layer applied to the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer including a second applied viscosity of a second slurry. The first applied viscosity of the first slurry can be greater than the second applied viscosity of the second slurry.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first structure, a first semiconductor chip on the first structure, a first conductive pad on the first structure between the first structure and the first semiconductor chip, a second conductive pad on a lower surface of the first semiconductor chip and vertically overlapping the first conductive pad, a bump connecting the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad, a first adhesive layer surrounding at least a part of side walls of the bump and side walls of the first conductive pad, and a second adhesive layer surrounding at least a part of the side walls of the bump and side walls of the second conductive pad, the second adhesive layer including a material different from the first adhesive layer, wherein a horizontal width of the first adhesive layer is smaller than a horizontal width of the second adhesive layer.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a capacitance forming portion including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer in a first direction and a cover portion disposed on one surface and the other surface of the capacitance forming portion in the first direction, and external electrodes disposed on the body, wherein a secondary phase including Al is disposed at an interface between the internal electrode and the dielectric layer, and the ratio of an area occupied by the secondary phase to an area of the capacitance forming portion is 0.03% or more and 0.40% or less.

Abstract: In a sound system that uses over-the-air (OTA), a blockchain platform server is configured to support performance of a virtual sound transaction in a virtual environment. An OTA server is configured to manage a virtual sound transmitted from the blockchain platform server. A vehicle communication control device is configured to perform wireless communication with the OTA server. The vehicle communication control device is configured to download the virtual sound from the OTA server, determine whether the virtual sound is similar to a predetermined specific sound, perform an OTA state test of the virtual sound when the virtual sound is not similar to the predetermined specific sound, and control a sound processing device to play the virtual sound when the virtual sound passes the OTA state test.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a pyrene derivative compound having a specific structure; and a high efficiency organic light-emitting device employing the pyrene derivative compound in a light emitting layer and thus having excellent light-emitting characteristics. The organic light-emitting device according to the present invention can be configured as a high efficiency organic light-emitting device having excellent light-emitting characteristics by employing the pyrene derivative compound having the specific structure as a host in the light emitting layer, and thus can be usefully applied industrially in lighting devices, as well as various display devices such as flat, flexible, and wearable displays.

Abstract: A novel compound for a capping layer, and an organic light-emitting device containing the same are disclosed.

Abstract: An embodiment is a swing armrest for a seat, the swing armrest including a fixation bracket fixed to a seatback frame or fixed to a seatback bracket that is fixed to the seatback frame, a rotation bracket rotatably fixed to the fixation bracket by a rotation pin, a return spring configured to elastically support the rotation bracket in a direction in which the rotation bracket rotates with respect to the fixation bracket, a fixing post protruding from the rotation bracket to a side of the seat, and an armrest coupled to the fixing post.

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: A knee joint rehabilitation apparatus for a wheelchair includes a rehabilitation apparatus frame having a height corresponding to a length of each of legs of a patient sitting on the wheelchair; an upper leg support disposed at an upper end of the rehabilitation apparatus frame and supporting upper legs of the patient thereon while the patient is sitting on the wheelchair; a lower leg support pivotably connected to the upper leg support, wherein the lower legs of the patient are seated and supported on the lower leg support; and an exercise control unit disposed on the rehabilitation apparatus frame and configured to allow the lower leg support to pivot around a connection portion between the lower leg support and the upper leg support such that the patient performs rehabilitation exercise of the knee joint thereof while sitting on the wheelchair.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region, and a second region, a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the substrate of the first region, a third gate structure and a fourth gate structure on the substrate of the second region, a first interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the first region and including a first lower interlayer insulating film and a first upper interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the second region and including a second lower interlayer insulating film and a second upper interlayer insulating film, a first contact between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and within the first interlayer insulating film, and a second contact formed between the third gate structure and the fourth gate structure and within the second interlayer insulating film.