Abstract: A decentralized congestion control (DCC) operation method of a V2X communication device is disclosed. The DCC operation method of a V2X communication device comprises the steps of: receiving a first transmission packet; acquiring first channel busy ratio (CBR) shared information included in the first transmission packet; and performing a DCC operation on the basis of the first CBR shared information and/or measured local CBR information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator and a transparent panel assembly for a refrigerator. The transparent panel assembly for a refrigerator comprises: a front panel defining at least a part of a front appearance of a refrigerator door and made of a glass material; a rear panel defining at least a part of a rear appearance of the refrigerator door and made of a transparent material; and an intermediate member connected between the front panel and the rear panel and made of a transparent plastic member, wherein the intermediate member comprises: an edge portion having both ends connected to a screening area formed at peripheries of the front panel and the rear panel; and a partition portion formed to cross an inner surface of the edge portion to partition a gap between the front panel and the rear panel to thereby form a sealed insulation layer.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage space, a freezing chamber defining an insulating space configured to maintain a chamber temperature independent from the storage space, an evaporator in the storage space, a grille panel assembly that defines an evaporator space configured to accommodate the evaporator and at least a portion of the storage space, a thermoelectric element assembly including a thermoelectric element, a heat sink, and a cold sink to cool the freezing chamber to a temperature less than the temperature of the storage space, a module accommodation portion located at a side of the grille panel assembly, a defrost water guide that communicates with the module accommodation portion and the evaporator space and that is configured to discharge defrost water generated during a defrost operation of the freezing chamber, and a defrost heater located in the module accommodation portion and configured to melt ice during the defrost operation.

Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus comprises deriving control points (CPs) for the current block; obtaining motion vectors for the CPs; deriving a motion vector of a sub-block or a sample unit in the current block on the basis of the obtained motion vectors; deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the derived motion vector; and generating a reconstruction sample on the basis of the prediction sample. The method enables effective performance of inter prediction through the motion vectors (transformation prediction), not only when an image in the current block is moved in a plane, but also when the image in the current block is rotated, zoomed in, zoomed out, or transformed into a parallelogram. Accordingly, the amount of data for the residual signal for the current block can be eliminated or reduced, and the overall coding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A dishwasher includes: a cabinet defining an external appearance of the dishwasher; a tub disposed in the cabinet to form a space where to wash dishes, and having an exhaust hole formed on an upper surface of the tub; and an external air flow unit forming a flow path, along which external air is introduced and discharged, and having an inflow hole formed above the exhaust hole to communicate with the tub, wherein the external air flow unit takes a shape in which a cross-sectional area of the flow path decreases in an upstream side of the inflow hole in a flow direction of the external air and increases in a downstream side of the inflow hole.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting reference signals in a wireless communication system are disclosed. For these, a sequence is acquired to be used for the reference signals, and the reference signals are transmitted through subframes comprising a first type subframe and a second type subframe. Here, the first type subframe includes a first number of OFDM symbols and the second type subframe includes a second number of OFDM symbols. And, a first position of OFDM symbol for transmitting the reference signals at the first type subframe is the same as a second position of OFDM symbol for transmitting the reference signals at the second type subframe.

Abstract: An induction heating device includes a working coil, an inverter including a first switching element and a second switching element; a gate driver including a first sub-gate driver and a second sub-gate driver; and a protection circuit disposed between the inverter and the gate driver. The protection circuit includes a first resistor disposed between a gate terminal of the first switching element and an output terminal of the first sub-gate driver, a second resistor connected electrically in parallel to the first resistor, a protection circuit resistor disposed between a reference voltage terminal of the first sub-gate driver and a first node between the first switching element and the second switching element, a protection circuit diode disposed between a ground and a second node between the protection circuit resistance and the reference voltage terminal, and a bootstrap circuit disposed between the second node and the external power supply.

Abstract: A method for decoding an image by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: acquiring intra prediction mode information of a current block; rearranging the remaining intra prediction modes on the basis of a lookup table; deriving a subgroup of the current block on the basis of subgroup information; decoding remaining intra prediction mode information on the basis of a binarization method for the subgroup; deriving, as an intra prediction mode of the current block, an intra prediction mode indicated by the decoded remaining intra prediction mode information among the intra prediction modes included in the subgroup; and generating a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and a device for transmitting a message in an initial access procedure by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. According to the present disclosure, a UE may transmit to a base station capability information associated with transmission power of the UE and the information may include a subset including at least one transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) supported by the UE. The UE may receive first control information for transmitting a message associated with an initial access and the control information may include a TPMI used for the UE to transmit the message. Thereafter, the UE may transmit to the base station the message by using transmission power determined based on the TPMI and the transmission power may be determined according to whether the TPMI is included in the at least one TPMI.

Abstract: A method for controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor are disclosed in the disclosure. Specifically, the method for controlling uplink transmission power in a wireless communication system, that is performed by a terminal, may comprise the steps of: receiving from a base station power control configuration information with respect to a plurality of power control domains by means of higher layer signalling; receiving from the base station downlink control information (DCI) including transmission power control (TPC) information with respect to at least one of the plurality of power control domains; and performing uplink transmission using transmission power that is determined based on the power control configuration information and the TPC information.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with first and second cabinet doors. A first washing apparatus processes laundry that is placed through the first cabinet door at the front. A second washing apparatus processes laundry that is placed through the second cabinet door at the top. The second washing apparatus includes: a tub that holds water and has an opening at a top that is accessible through the second opening of the cabinet; a tub cover that covers the top of the tub and defines an inlet through which the tub is accessible; a tub door on the tub cover that opens or closes the inlet of the tub cover separately from the second cabinet door opening or closing the second opening; a drum inside the tub configured to rotate about a vertical shaft; and a first sensor that generates a signal based on the tub door being open.

Abstract: An operation controlling apparatus of a reciprocating compressor includes: a detector configured to detect a torque output by a motor of the reciprocating compressor, a rotation speed of the motor, a counter electromotive voltage of the motor, and a current applied to the motor; a controller configured to determine a mode switching time point for switching an operation mode of the reciprocating compressor based on the torque, the rotation speed, the counter electromotive voltage, and the current of the motor, and output a control signal for changing a wire ratio of the motor corresponding to the operation mode; and a driver configured to change the wire ratio of the motor based on the control signal and operate the reciprocating compressor in the operation mode among at least two operation modes.

Abstract: A wireless charging pad includes a ferrite plate, a coil disposed at the ferrite plate, and a resonance tank that includes a flat type capacitor. The flat type capacitor is configured to reduce an impedance of the coil.

Abstract: The method includes receiving first allocation information related to communication with a parent node and second allocation information related to communication with a child node and communicating with the parent node or the child node using a particular resource based on the first allocation information and the second allocation information. The first allocation information indicates a resource type of the particular resource as one of three resource types, the second allocation information indicates the resource type of the particular resource as one of seven resource types. When the second allocation information indicates the particular resource as a soft downlink, soft uplink, or soft flexible resource and when it is not explicitly indicated that the particular resource is available for the communication with the child node, the particular resource is used for the communication with the parent node.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an external member for home appliances and a manufacturing method therefor. The external member has through-holes in a metal layer for transmitting light emitted from a light source, such as a light-emitting device mounted rear of the external member, are not exposed to the outside by a film layer attached to a front surface of the metal layer when the light-emitting device is turned off. The external member for home appliances can provides appearance of home appliances with improved luxuriousness and aesthetic sensibility.

Abstract: A method of operating an air conditioner, including: obtaining an image acquired by a camera; determining a distance and a direction of an occupant relative to the air conditioner, based on the image; using at least one machine-learning network to classify an air-blowable space of the air conditioner into an intensive air blowing area and a non-intensive air blowing area, based on the distance and the direction of the occupant; controlling the air conditioner to operate in an intensive operation mode with respect to the intensive air blowing area; and controlling the air conditioner to operate in a non-intensive operation mode with respect to the intensive air blowing area and the non-intensive air blowing area based on completion of the intensive operation mode. A time duration of the intensive operation mode is smaller than a time duration of the non-intensive operation mode.

Abstract: A washing machine and at least one server that set functions of the washing machine based on object sensing using artificial intelligence, and a setting method thereof. The washing machine that sets functions based on object sensing produces information on setting of a wash course adequate for laundry on the basis of the height, image, and weight of the laundry, physical information or electrical information generated during a wash or receives the information from the at least one server and operates.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for validating time alignment for preconfigured uplink resource in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network at a first time point, configuration of uplink transmission which is to be performed at a second time point. A wireless device configures a window which starts at a third time point between the first time point and the second time point. A wireless device checks whether time alignment (TA) is valid or not inside of the window.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a casing, a tub, a drum, a pump for circulating water from the tub, a gasket connecting an entry hole of the casing to an entrance hole of the tub and including nozzles for spraying water to the drum, and distribution pipes for supplying water to the nozzles. The nozzles are arranged at both lateral sides of the gasket in a vertical direction. The distribution pipes are arranged at an outer circumferential surface the gasket and coupled to receiving pipes that protrude from the gasket. The distribution pipes include an inlet port and outlet ports disposed in the vertical direction corresponding to the nozzles.