Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including: a housing including an air flow passage; a sensor deformable by an air flow in the air flow passage, and including a resistor having a resistance value that varies according to a degree of deformation of the sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, and configured to: measure the resistance value of the resistor; and detect a puff based on the measured resistance value being maintained at or above a first threshold value during a first time interval.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for transmitting a covert message in wireless communication. The apparatus for transmitting a covert message in wireless communication may be configured to, in a covert message in which a data frame is composed of a Start Frame Delimiter (SFD), a header, a payload, and a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), transmit the SFD of the covert message corresponding to a first sequence number masked with a preset SFD mask length, transmit the header of the covert message corresponding to a second sequence number masked with a preset header mask length, transmit the payload of the covert message corresponding to a third sequence number masked with a preset payload mask length, and transmit the CRC of the covert message corresponding to a fourth sequence number masked with a preset CRC mask length.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. A cooling material may be included in a body constituting the cooling portion.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. An inner peripheral surface of the cooling portion may include a nicotine component.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting information using a monitor brightness change. The method may include generating a transmission data frame structure for transmitting digital information, encoding the bit of the digital information, and converting the encoded bit of the digital information into a wireless signal that is a brightness change signal of blue (B) color, among red, green, and blue (RGB) for configuring colors on a monitor.

Abstract: Proposed is a precursor composition for forming a metal film including a zirconium compound represented by any one of Chemical Formulas 1 to 3 and a hafnium compound represented by any one of Chemical Formulas 4 to 6.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens sequentially arranged in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system and each having a refractive power, wherein an entire field of view of the optical imaging system is 50° or greater, and TTL/f<1.0, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system.

Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an aerosol generating article including: a first portion including an aerosol generating element; a second portion including a cooling element; a third portion including a tobacco element; and a fourth portion including a filter element, wherein the first through fourth portions are sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an offset elimination operation of an internal operational amplifier of a data driving circuit and relates to a technique that applies different offset elimination methods for each position of an operational amplifier.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a susceptor configured to heat an aerosol generating article inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol generating apparatus; an induction coil arranged around the susceptor and configured to heat the susceptor by induction heating; a switching module configured to switch an electrical path of the induction coil; and a controller electrically connected to the switching module and configured to detect insertion of the aerosol generating article on the basis of a change in an inductance of the induction coil by setting a control mode for the induction coil to a reception mode, and when the insertion of the aerosol generating article is detected, switch the control mode to a transmission mode for activating the induction heating, via the switching module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bi-specific antibody that specifically binds to alpha-synuclein and IGF1R, and an use of the bi-specific antibody for the prevention, treatment and/or diagnosis of synucleinopathies associated with alpha-synuclein or alpha-synuclein aggregates, and can allow the alpha-synuclein antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof to penetrate the blood brain barrier to exert its action in the brain, and extend the half-life to maintain the efficacy for a long time.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle, includes a second row center seat and a second row side seat provided on a partition wall positioned rearward of a driver seat, the second row center seat may move leftward or rightward, and an interval between the seats may be increased in a state in which the second row center seat is moved in a right direction away from the second row side seat, which makes it possible to maximally prevent body contact between a passenger in the second row center seat and a passenger in the second row side seat.

Abstract: A dynamic characteristic-reflected shoreline evaluation system and a method thereof are proposed. The system may include a data collection processor configured to collect various types of information for shoreline evaluation with respect to an evaluation target region. The system may also include a shoreline evaluation processor configured to determine a shoreline rank by reflecting static characteristics and dynamic characteristics of the evaluation target region on a basis of data collected through the data collection unit. The system may further include an output processor configured to output the various types of information comprising an evaluation result of the shoreline evaluation unit and an overall process and result of the system. The system may further include a communication processor configured to transmit and receive various types of data through wired or wireless communication with an external device. The system may include a controller configured to control an overall operation of the system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle rear seat including: a center seat; and side seats located on the left and right of the center seat, wherein, the center seat is capable of protruding by moving the center seat forward with respect to the side seats, and in the state in which the center seat protrudes forward, it is possible to increase an inter-passenger distance so that physical contact between the passenger of the center seat and the passenger of each of the side seats can be prevented as much as possible.

Abstract: A connection structure of a stator of a drive motor is configured to allow coils to be wound in a plurality of slots provided in a stator core and to connect the coils withdrawn from the slots. The coils are wound in the slots to form first-type structures and second-type structures configured such that withdrawal directions of three-phase (U-, W- and V-phase) withdrawal lines and N-phase withdrawal lines withdrawn from the slots of the first-type structures are opposite to withdrawal directions of three-phase (U-, W- and V-phase) withdrawal lines and N-phase withdrawal lines withdrawn from the slots of the second-type structures. The first-type structures and the second-type structures are disposed symmetrically to each other with respect to a reference line formed to divide the slots in half.

Abstract: A liquid crystal based optical deflector includes a light source array configured to generate a laser beam, an optical deflector including a plurality of liquid crystal cells, which transmit the laser beam, the optical deflector configured to deflect a transmission path of the laser beam depending on a gradually increased voltage profile applied to the plurality of liquid crystal cells, an optics assembly configured to scan the laser beam deflected by the optical defector in a horizontal direction, and a controller configured to adjust the voltage profile applied to the plurality of liquid crystal cells.

Abstract: A lidar noise removal apparatus outputs an electrical signal corresponding to an input light signal and compares the electrical signal with a threshold voltage to detect an electrical signal greater than the threshold voltage. The apparatus variably adjusts the threshold voltage based on a result of comparing the number of receptions of the electrical signal detected through the comparative device with a preset first reference number of times.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a level of a signal output from a photo-detection device and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a photo-detection device that outputs an electrical signal corresponding to an optical signal, a comparison device that outputs a high signal, when the electrical signal is greater than a threshold voltage, and outputs a low signal, when the electrical signal is not greater than the threshold voltage, and a controller that sets the threshold voltage, estimates a level of the electrical signal based on an output signal of the comparison device, and varies the threshold voltage based on the output signal of the comparison device, thus estimating the level of the electrical signal to have higher accuracy without having an ADC.

Abstract: A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) target signal selection apparatus may include a processor configured to estimate a target signal among signals of a current frame N by use of a determined target signal of a previous frame N?1 among N LiDAR receiving signals, and to determine the estimated target signal based on deviations of previous frames 1 to N?1; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.

Abstract: An apparatus of improving position accuracy of a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) motor may include a motor that rotates at a rotation speed set by a user and a controller that generates a parameter depending on the rotation speed for determining a position of the motor within a preset horizontal angle of view and determines whether the motor is in a normal operation state and the position of the motor, based on the parameter.