Abstract: A method for estimating 6-DOF relative displacement using vision-based localization and apparatus therefor are disclosed. A method for estimating 6-DOF relative displacement may include acquiring images of a first marker attached to a fixing member and a second marker attached to a dynamic member for assembling to the fixing member by using a camera, extracting a feature point of the first marker and a feature point of the second marker through image processing for the acquired images, and estimating 6-DOF relative displacement of the dynamic member for the fixing member based on the extracted feature point of the first marker and feature point of the second marker.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system that will be provided to support higher data transfer rate following a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure relates to a method of performing random access of a terminal, said method comprising: an operation of determining the number of received beams of a base station connected to transmitted beams of the terminal; an operation of determining an area of wireless transfer resource on the basis of the number of the received beams; and an operation of transmitting random access message in the random access resource defined by the beam resource corresponding to the determined number and the wireless transfer resource corresponding to the determined area.

Abstract: A dielectric composition is a barium titanate-based dielectric composition and includes a barium titanate particle including a major axis, a minor axis disposed on the same plane as the major axis, and a vertical axis perpendicular to both the major axis and the minor axis, and a ratio of a length of the major axis to a length of the vertical axis is within a range from 1.5:1 to 30:1.

Abstract: A bio-inspired algorithm based P2P content caching method and system for mesh networks is provided. The bio-inspired algorithm based P2P content caching method for mesh networks includes the steps of checking a request of a content of a user in a mesh router, and searching the content from the mesh router, which is requested for the content, based on a bio-inspired algorithm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layer graphene-metal-polymer sheet for shielding electromagnetic wave, wherein an electromagnetic wave shielding effect is able to be increased by using graphene-metal nanocomposite powder in which graphene and metal particles are bonded as a conductive material and by constituting a multi-layer structure instead of increasing a content of the graphene-metal nanocomposite powder.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a power amplifier includes a converter configured to convert input power into driving power for the power amplifier, a detector configured to transfer the driving power from the converter to the power amplifier, including an inductor formed on a detection path of the driving power, and configured to detect power information regarding the driving power to generate a detected signal, and a controller configured to control power conversion of the converter based on an envelope signal of a signal input to the power amplifier and the detected signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a video signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving prediction mode information, interpolating information and a residual of a current block, reconstructing an interpolating pixel using the interpolating information and a neighbor block, and reconstructing the current block using the interpolating pixel, the prediction mode information and the residual, wherein the interpolating information is generated based on a location of the current block. According to an apparatus and method for processing a video signal, high reconstruction rate can be obtained by improving the related art method having limited intra prediction modes available for a current block located on a boundary area of a picture in encoding in a manner of reconstructing and using an interpolating pixel based on interpolating information.

Abstract: A wideband ultra-high refractive index mesoscopic crystal structure including: a first layer with high-conductivity unit bodies arranged in a matrix form, and a low-conductivity material disposed between the high-conductivity unit bodies; a second layer with high-conductivity unit bodies arranged in a matrix form, and a low-conductivity material disposed between the high-conductivity unit bodies; a first shield layer existing between the first and second layers and made of a low-conductivity material; and a second shield layer made of a low-conductivity material disposed on a side of the second layer such that the second layer is disposed between the first shield layer and the second shield layer, wherein the high-conductivity unit bodies in the first layer overlap the high-conductivity unit bodies arranged in the second layer, and wherein the first layer, the first shield layer, the second layer, and the second shield layer are sequentially stacked one or more times.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for interpolating X-ray tomographic image data by using a machine learning model. A method of interpolating an X-ray tomographic image or X-ray tomographic composite image data includes obtaining a trained model parameter via machine learning that uses a sub-sampled sinogram for learning as an input and uses a full-sampled sinogram for learning as a ground truth; radiating X-rays onto an object at a plurality of preset angular locations via an X-ray source, and obtaining a sparsely-sampled sinogram including X-ray projection data obtained via X-rays detected at the plurality of preset angular locations; applying the trained model parameter to the sparsely-sampled sinogram by using the machine learning model; and generating a densely-sampled sinogram by estimating X-ray projection data not obtained with respect to the object on the sparsely-sampled sinogram.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for simultaneously measuring a surface normal vector and a surface reflection function in microscale. The system includes a light dome having a hemispherical-shaped structure and including LEDs to radiate light to an object placed therein; a macro lens installed camera arranged over the light dome to photograph the object through a hole formed at a center of the light dome under an environment in which a light is radiated from the light dome; an xyz micro-translation stage arranged under the light dome and configured to move in xyz-directions to adjust a focal distance between the macro lens installed camera and the object, and a measurement unit configured to control the light dome and the macro lens installed camera to obtain a microscale image, and configured to simultaneously measure a surface normal vector and a surface reflection function of the object based on the microscale image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a gas sensor member, a gas sensor using the same, and manufacturing methods thereof, and specifically, a gas sensor member using a one-dimensional porous metal oxide nanotube composite material having a double average pore distribution in which mesopores (0.1 nm to 50 nm) and macropores (50 nm to 300 nm) are simultaneously formed on the surface of a nanotube through decomposition of a spherical polymer sacrificial template and continuous crystallization and diffusion of a metal oxide and a nanoparticle catalyst embedded in an apoferritin is uniformly loaded in the inside and on the outer wall and inner wall of a one-dimensional metal oxide nanotube through a high-temperature heat treatment, a gas sensor using the same, and manufacturing methods thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and semiconductor device control methods are described. A semiconductor device comprises a first electrode; a cell arranged on the first electrode and including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) having a free magnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer with a dielectric layer in between them; and a heating element to form a thermal gradient in the first electrode.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrathin digital camera inspired by an eye of an insect, that includes a prism array including a plurality of transmission channels refracting incident light and a micro lens array including micro lenses focusing the light and is implemented so that the respective transmission channels receive visual information on partial regions of an entire field of view (FOV) like a visual organ of the eye of the insect, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor channel based neuromorphic synapse device 1 including a trap-rich layer may be provided that includes: a first to a third semiconductor regions which are formed on a substrate and are sequentially arranged; a word line which is electrically connected to the first semiconductor region; a trap-rich layer which surrounds the second semiconductor region; and a bit line which is electrically connected to the third semiconductor region. When a pulse with positive (+) voltage is applied to the word line, a concentration of electrons emitted from the trap-rich layer to the second semiconductor region increases and a resistance of the second semiconductor region decreases. When a pulse with negative (?) voltage is applied to the word line, a concentration of electrons trapped in the trap-rich layer from the second semiconductor region increases and the resistance of the second semiconductor region increases.

Abstract: Provided is a micro light emitting diode (LED) structure including an n-type semiconductor substrate layer, a light emitting structure layer formed on the n-type semiconductor substrate layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the light emitting structure layer, wherein the light emitting structure layer includes an arrangement of light emitting structures in which active layers including In and Ga are formed on tops thereof, wherein the light emitting structure layer forms at least three distinctive regions each including a single light emitting structure or a plurality of light emitting structures, the distinctive regions configured to emit light of at least two different wavelengths, the distinctive regions are is controllable to emit light individually, and the distinctive regions are different in at least one of sizes of base faces, heights, and center-to-center distances of the lighting emitting structures of the regions.

Abstract: A hard panel of wall and floor structures for reducing floor impact sound according to example embodiments includes patterned layer having different density and elastic modulus form a base layer. A transmission path of an acoustic wave may be changed in a lateral direction by passing the patterned layer and the sound energy is dissipated by the refection, refraction, and cancellation of the acoustic wave. Thus, a noise is reduced. The hard panel of the wall and floor structures according to example embodiments is effectively reduces the light and heavy impact sounds. In addition, the hard panel is formed by at least one patterned layer to refract and reflect the acoustic wave such that the floor noise may be effectively dissipated. The hard panel is further includes the sound absorbing material to absorb the noise passing through the hard panel such that the floor noise can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed are a wall-climbing aerial robot mechanism and a method of controlling the same. The method of controlling a wall-climbing aerial robot includes allowing the aerial robot to fly towards a structure, allowing the aerial robot to approach the structure and recognize a wall of the structure, allowing the aerial robot to calculate a trajectory for landing on the wall of the structure, approach the wall of the structure after taking an orientation, and be attached on the wall of the structure, and allowing the aerial robot to move along the wall of the structure to perform a task.

Abstract: Provided are a carbon-silicon composite having improved capacity and cycle stability, and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a carbon-silicon composite, in which surfaces of silicon particles are coated with a carbon-based material that is doped with at least one type of doping atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), boron (B), sodium (Na), and aluminum (Al), and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus includes one or more processors configured to temporally implement a neural network, used to extract a feature value from hidden nodes, that is connected to input nodes to which an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is input so as to share a weight set with the input nodes, and to match the ECG signal and the extracted feature value to a user for registration.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communication device, which comprises a user trace manager, a power emulator, and a power impact estimator. The user trace manager manages a user's sensor usage trace and device usage trace, which shows the user's mobile device usage pattern. The power emulator executes an executable file of the mobile application to generate hardware usage statistics based on the sensor usage trace and the device usage trace. And the power impact estimator computes an increase in power consumption of the mobile application based on the hardware usage statistics.