Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for estimating a state of an object to be heated based on sound which is generated when the object to be heated is heated, and providing the estimated information to other devices in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment through a 5G communication network. The heating apparatus may include a housing having a receiving space therein, a heating member disposed within the housing, a power supplier for supplying power to the heating member, a top plate disposed on the top of the housing to support the object to be heated, a sound sensor disposed on the bottom of the top plate, and a controller for predicting the state of the object to be heated by using a deep neural network model that has been trained through machine learning based on a sound signal received from the sound sensor.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a plurality of antennas configured to transmit and receive a signal in a radio frequency (RF) frequency band; and an RF circuit configured to process the signal in the RF frequency band. The RF circuit includes a reception (Rx) path configured to transfer a first signal received through the plurality of antennas, a transmission (Tx) path configured to transfer a second signal to the plurality of antennas, and a coupler configured to transfer at least a part of the second signal obtained in the Tx path to the Rx path. The Tx path includes a power divider configured to distribute power to at least one antenna among the plurality of antennas, and the coupler is electrically connected to an input terminal of the power divider to be disposed before the power divider.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device includes receiving, from a host, a first packet containing a buffer address indicating a location of a data buffer selected from among a plurality of data buffers in the host, parsing the buffer address from the first packet, and transmitting a second packet containing the buffer address to the host in response to the first packet.

Abstract: A storage device includes; a non-volatile memory, and a storage controller including a processor, an accelerator and a memory storing a flash translation layer including a mapping table including mapping information between logical page numbers and physical page numbers. The processor may provide a command to the non-volatile memory and provide first mapping update information in a first mapping update size to the accelerator. Upon updating mapping information of the mapping table, the accelerator may update mapping information for logical page numbers and check continuity for the first mapping update information.

Abstract: A memory controller comprising a DMA master device configured to provide a first data group to a non-volatile memory (NVM) device, a program buffer memory configured to temporarily store the first data group before the DMA master device provides the first data group to the NVM device, an exclusive OR computing circuit configured to perform an exclusive OR computation and an accumulation on a plurality of data included in the first data group provided from the program buffer memory to generate a first recovery data, after the DMA master device provides the first data group to the NVM device, and a buffer slave device including a first program recovery buffer memory configured to store the first recovery data and provide the first recovery data from the first program recovery buffer memory to the program buffer memory, in response to a program failure signal, may be provided.

Abstract: A rotary actuator may include a first holder in which a fluid injecting portion is formed, a second holder rotatably coupled to the first holder, a flexible body fixed to the first holder and the second holder and configured to expand as a fluid is injected through the first holder, and a plurality of fibers radially disposed in a spiral shape at the flexible body and configured to rotate the flexible body when the flexible body expands.

Abstract: A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a storage device including a plurality of nonvolatile memories configured to transmit storage throughput information, and a host device configured to change connection configurations for the storage device based on the storage throughput information, wherein the host device changes the connection configurations by changing configurations for transmitter and receiver paths between the storage device and the host device independently.

Abstract: A method for supporting search of contents is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of semantically connected query elements corresponding to different narrative elements from a user with respect to a target content; generating a search query on the basis of the plurality of query elements; and specifying, with reference to the search query and narrative data sets for the contents, the target content that matches with the search query among the contents.

Abstract: A watch phone and a method for handling an incoming call using the watch phone are provided. In the watch phone, a display device includes a touch screen panel and a display, turns off the touch screen panel in a watch mode, turns on the touch screen panel in an idle mode or upon receipt of an incoming call, and displays at least two areas for call connection and call rejection, upon receipt of the incoming call. A single mode selection key selects one of the watch mode and the idle mode. A controller performs control operations so that the touch screen panel is turned off in the watch mode and is turned on in the idle mode or upon receipt of the incoming call, and connects or rejects the incoming call, when the at least two areas for call connection or call rejection, which are displayed upon receipt of the incoming call, are pointed to or dragged to.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage device includes receiving, from a host, a first packet containing a buffer address indicating a location of a data buffer selected from among a plurality of data buffers in the host, parsing the buffer address from the first packet, and transmitting a second packet containing the buffer address to the host in response to the first packet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an indicator for a wiper blade and a wiper blade. The indicator is a device for a wiper blade detachably provided on a wiper arm for cleaning a windshield, including: a main body provided on the wiper blade or the wiper arm; a notifier provided in the main body and configured to generate a light signal that is identifiable with naked eyes; and a controller configured to control an operation of the notifier, wherein the controller is configured to count the accumulated time from a start time at which an external operation is input regardless of whether the wiper blade operates so as to operate the notifier when the accumulated time reaches a predetermine time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating apparatus for preventing a safety accident, which may operate in an IoT environment through a 5G communication network, and a method of controlling such a heating apparatus. The heating apparatus according to the present disclosure may determine the intention of the user's touch by using a deep neural network model trained through artificial machine learning. A heating apparatus for preventing safety accidents includes a top plate, a heater disposed under the top plate, an interface displayed on the top plate to allow a user to select an operation of the heating apparatus, and a controller configured to turn on the power of the heating apparatus when the power touch area is touched and to block an input of the power touch area in a situation where the lock touch area is touched.

Abstract: A watch phone and a method for handling an incoming call using the watch phone are provided. In the watch phone, a display device includes a touch screen panel and a display, turns off the touch screen panel in a watch mode, turns on the touch screen panel in an idle mode or upon receipt of an incoming call, and displays at least two areas for call connection and call rejection, upon receipt of the incoming call. A single mode selection key selects one of the watch mode and the idle mode. A controller performs control operations so that the touch screen panel is turned off in the watch mode and is turned on in the idle mode or upon receipt of the incoming call, and connects or rejects the incoming call, when the at least two areas for call connection or call rejection, which are displayed upon receipt of the incoming call, are pointed to or dragged to.

Abstract: A rotary actuator may include a first holder in which a fluid injecting portion is formed, a second holder rotatably coupled to the first holder, a flexible body fixed to the first holder and the second holder and configured to expand as a fluid is injected through the first holder, and a plurality of fibers radially disposed in a spiral shape at the flexible body and configured to rotate the flexible body when the flexible body expands.

Abstract: Provided is a method of a wireless power transmitter, including transmitting a detection power, detecting a variation of a load impedance, the variation being greater than a predetermined value, receiving a first signal including an identifier and a load characteristic of the wireless power receiver, the load characteristic including load information indicating the variation of the load impedance, transmitting a first response to form a communication connection with a wireless power receiver in response to the first signal, receiving a second signal including required power information of the wireless power receiver, determining whether power is available to the wireless power receiver based on the required power information, and transmitting a second response including permission information indicating a standby mode or a charging mode based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: The present application relates to an optical film, an optical element and an imaging device. The optical film of the present application does not only exhibit broadband polarization conversion characteristics in the visible light region, but also has absorption bands in the visible light region. Such an optical film can be applied to an imaging device such as an augmented reality apparatus as an optical element such as a diffractive light guide plate laminate to suppress crosstalk.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a plurality of antennas configured to transmit and receive a signal in a radio frequency (RF) frequency band; and an RF circuit configured to process the signal in the RF frequency band. The RF circuit includes a reception (Rx) path configured to transfer a first signal received through the plurality of antennas, a transmission (Tx) path configured to transfer a second signal to the plurality of antennas, and a coupler configured to transfer at least a part of the second signal obtained in the Tx path to the Rx path. The Tx path includes a power divider configured to distribute power to at least one antenna among the plurality of antennas, and the coupler is electrically connected to an input terminal of the power divider to be disposed before the power divider.

Abstract: A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a storage device including a plurality of nonvolatile memories configured to transmit storage throughput information, and a host device configured to change connection configurations for the storage device based on the storage throughput information, wherein the host device changes the connection configurations by changing configurations for transmitter and receiver paths between the storage device and the host device independently.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate including a first semiconductor chip including a first wiring structure, a first bonding pad, and a first alignment key on the first wiring structure to be spaced apart in a first direction, a second semiconductor chip including a second wiring structure, a second bonding pad on the second wiring structure and connected to the first bonding pad, and a second alignment key on the second wiring structure to be spaced apart from the second bonding pad and not overlapping the first alignment key in the second direction, the first wiring structure including a first wiring pattern connected to the first bonding pad and not overlapping the first and second alignment keys in the second direction, and the second wiring structure including a second wiring pattern connected to the second bonding pad and not overlapping the first and second alignment keys in the second direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for investigating Zika virus (ZIKV) biology and pathogenicity. The present disclosure provides genetically stable viral vectors to produce functional RNA transcripts of ZIKV cDNAs. In particular, the present disclosure provides full-length infectious cDNAs as bacterial artificial chromosomes for spatiotemporally distinct and genetically divergent ZIKVs. The present disclosure also provides methods of generating a genetically engineered attenuated ZIKV using the genetically stable viral vectors described herein.