Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen storage alloy including a ternary alloy of titanium (Ti), iron (Fe), and vanadium (V), wherein V sites in the ternary alloy correspond to some of Ti sites in a binary TiFe alloy including Ti and Fe, and some of Fe sites in the binary TiFe alloy.

Abstract: A fuser includes an endless belt; a heat source to heat the endless belt; a pressing roller to press the endless belt to form a heating nip, through which a printing medium is to pass, the pressing roller to rotate the endless belt; a pair of supporting members spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the endless belt; and a pair of rotational members that are loosely inserted into an inner portion of the endless belt, respectively at two side end portions of the endless belt, the pair of rotational members to be rotatably supported by the pair of supporting members and rotated with the endless belt.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing palladium hydride nanoparticles having a hcp crystal structure. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: (a) preparing a liquid cell containing a palladium precursor solution; (b) applying electron beams to the palladium precursor solution contained in the liquid cell; and (c) generating palladium hydride nanoparticles having the hcp crystal structure in the palladium precursor solution.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for evaluating high-temperature creep behavior of metals, the apparatus including a chamber configured to fix a metal sample in an inner space sealed from an external environment, and including, at a lower portion, a metal tube stretchable in a length direction by a pressure of a gas, wherein the apparatus is configured in such a manner that a load received by the chamber in the length direction due to the pressure of the gas injected into the chamber is applied to the metal sample.

Abstract: A method for applying a bokeh effect on an image at a user terminal is provided. The method for applying a bokeh effect may include: receiving an image and inputting the received image to an input layer of a first artificial neural network model to generate a depth map indicating depth information of pixels in the image; and applying the bokeh effect on the pixels in the image based on the depth map indicating the depth information of the pixels in the image. The first artificial neural network model may be generated by receiving a plurality of reference images to the input layer and performing machine learning to infer the depth information included in the plurality of reference image.

Abstract: A fuser includes an endless belt; a heat source to heat the endless belt; a pressing roller to press the endless belt to form a heating nip, through which a printing medium is to pass, the pressing roller to rotate the endless belt; a pair of supporting members spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the endless belt; and a pair of rotational members that are loosely inserted into an inner portion of the endless belt, respectively at two side end portions of the endless belt, the pair of rotational members to be rotatably supported by the pair of supporting members and rotated with the endless belt.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a transglucosylated steviol glycoside using a crude enzyme liquid of a Lactobacillus mali strain.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a microphone; a speaker; a wireless communication circuit set to support wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi); a processor operatively connected to the microphone, the speaker, and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory can store instructions which upon being executed cause the processor to: receive first user utterances through the microphone; transmit first data, including first voice data related to the first user utterances and first metadata related to the first voice data, to an external server through the wireless communication circuit; and receive, from the external server through the wireless communication circuit, a response related to the electronic device selected as an input device for a voice-based service.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a transfructosylated steviol glycoside using Arthrobacter-derived microorganisms, a culture thereof, a supernatant of the culture, an extract of the culture, and a lysate of the microorganisms.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to an electronic device and an operation method therefor.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to: an electronic device for providing a voice-based service to a user by additionally using an input/output function of an external device connected through near-field communication; a server device; and an operation method thereof.

Abstract: An electronic device with a heat radiation structure using an audio device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a speaker module disposed on a surface of the first housing and configured to output sounds in a first direction, a sound reflection plate mounted above the surface of the first housing and having a first surface facing the speaker module, and a heat emission device disposed on a second surface of the sound reflection plate. The sound reflection plate may absorb heat generated from the heat emission device, and discharge the absorbed heat to the outside of the electronic device through a space between the surface of the first housing and the first surface of the sound reflection plate.

Abstract: The present application discloses an image formation apparatus that can transfer an image into electronic paper using an electronic photography method, and a printing control method for the image formation apparatus. The present electronic paper comprises an electrophoresis layer for displaying an image using an electrophoresis method, a conductive layer, and a film layer for transmitting an image; and the image formation apparatus comprises a communication interface for receiving printing data, an image formation unit for transferring an image corresponding to the printing data, and a processor for controlling the image formation unit.

Abstract: Provided is an anode active material for a lithium (Li) secondary battery, the material including silicon (Si)-based alloy powder, a carbonized layer at least partially surrounding the Si-based alloy powder serving as cores, and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) extending outward from a surface of the Si-based alloy powder through the carbonized layer.

Abstract: An electronic device with a heat radiation structure using an audio device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a speaker module disposed on a surface of the first housing and configured to output sounds in a first direction, a sound reflection plate mounted above the surface of the first housing and having a first surface facing the speaker module, and a heat emission device disposed on a second surface of the sound reflection plate. The sound reflection plate may absorb heat generated from the heat emission device, and discharge the absorbed heat to the outside of the electronic device through a space between the surface of the first housing and the first surface of the sound reflection plate.

Abstract: Provided is a high-speed serial data receiving apparatus including: a clock converter configured to convert a serial clock into a parallel clock; a data converter configured to convert a serial data packet into N parallel data packets and outputting the N parallel data packets; a synchronization signal detector configured to receive the N parallel data packets and the parallel clock, and detecting a data start synchronization of the N parallel data packets output from the data converter by comparing the parallel data packets with a synchronization code of N bits set in advance; and an error compensation unit configured to detect and compensate for a skew between parallel clock and data.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage material includes Mg(NH2)2, LiH, and MgH2. A manufacturing method of a hydrogen storage material includes steps of manufacturing a mixture by mixing Mg(NH2)2, LiH, and MgH2, and pulverizing the mixture.

Abstract: Provided is a high-speed serial data receiving apparatus including: a clock converter configured to convert a serial clock into a parallel clock; a data converter configured to convert a serial data packet into N parallel data packets and outputting the N parallel data packets; a synchronization signal detector configured to receive the N parallel data packets and the parallel clock, and detecting a data start synchronization of the N parallel data packets output from the data converter by comparing the parallel data packets with a synchronization code of N bits set in advance; and an error compensation unit configured to detect and compensate for a skew between parallel clock and data.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor having improved characteristics. An image sensor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include first and second photoelectric conversion elements formed in a substrate, wherein the first photoelectric conversion element has a first impurity region; a device isolation trench formed in the substrate and between the first and the second photoelectric conversion elements, wherein a sidewall of the device isolation trench is in contact with the first impurity region; and an epitaxial layer filling the device isolation trench, and having different conductivity from the first impurity region.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage material includes Mg(NH2)2, LiH, and MgH2. A manufacturing method of a hydrogen storage material includes steps of manufacturing a mixture by mixing Mg(NH2)2, LiH, and MgH2, and pulverizing the mixture.