Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting lifespan characteristics of a lithium secondary battery that can reliably predict the lifespan characteristics of a lithium secondary battery, specifically, the mode of variation in cycle capacity in advance.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of encoding and decoding an audio signal using side information, and an encoder and a decoder for performing the methods. The method of encoding an audio signal using side information includes identifying an input signal, the input signal being an original audio signal, extracting side information from the input signal using a learning model trained to extract side information from a feature vector of the input signal, encoding the input signal, and generating a bitstream by combining the encoded input signal and the side information.

Abstract: A diagnosis kit is disclosed. The diagnosis kit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a concentration channel into which a sample containing a methylated DNA is introduced, a concentration chamber connected to the concentration channel, wherein the methylated DNA is concentrated by an ion concentration polarization (ICP) phenomenon and moves to the concentration chamber, a sensing chamber connected to the concentration chamber to allow the methylated DNA inside the concentration chamber to move, allow the methylated DNA moved from inside of the concentration chamber to be hybridized, and allow a methylated DNA binding protein to be bound to the hybridized methylated DNA, and a sensor configured to acquire a first electrochemical signal inside the sensing chamber when the methylated DNA is hybridized and acquire a second electrochemical signal inside the sensing chamber when the methylated DNA binding protein is bound.

Abstract: A temperature prediction system may include a data input module configured to receive data related to climate, a prediction module having installed therein a trained model for predicting a temperature based on input data from the data input module, and an output module configured to output temperature information predicted by the prediction module.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a manipulator for a finishing work, including: a base; an arm comprising a plurality of links, a plurality of joints connecting the plurality of links, and a plurality of actuators generating rotation of at least some of the plurality of joints; and a processor determining a driving torque of each of the plurality of actuators considering a self-weight effect of the manipulator and controlling the plurality of actuators based on the determined driving torque.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of inferring an epipolar plane image and extrapolating a view of a target image using the epipolar plane image. A view extrapolation method using an epipolar plane image according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: creating an Epipolar Plane Image (EPI) using a target image and a depth map corresponding to the target image; creating a super-resolution EPI and a disparity of the EPI on the basis of the EPI; creating an EPI mask by warping the super-resolution EPI in accordance with the disparity; and creating a restored EPI by applying the EPI mask to the warped super-resolution EPI, and creating an extrapolated image for the target image using the restored EPI.

Abstract: Provided is a mixed reality-based experience simulator including an imaging part including first and second cameras installed on an experience object to capture images of different viewpoints from the experience object, a display part worn by a participant and configured to display a mixed reality image of the experience object to the participant, and an image processing unit configured to provide the mixed reality image to the display part and configured to generate the mixed reality image such that images captured by the first and second cameras are included in the mixed reality image. The mixed reality-based experience simulator according to the present invention generates a mixed reality image on the basis of images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on an experience object and provides the generated mixed reality image to a participant so that a more realistic experience is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a surface inspection method using a mold surface inspection device, and more specifically, to a surface inspection method using a mold surface inspection device including a setting part in which an inspection object is set, a light source part configured to irradiate the inspection object with irradiated light so that a reflective highlight is generated on a surface of the inspection object, an imaging part configured to image the surface of the inspection object so that a highlight region where a reflective highlight is generated is included, and an image processing part configured to process an image imaged in the imaging part to provide the image to a worker so that the worker determines whether defects are generated on the surface of the inspection object on the basis of the image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a zero-knowledge proof technique, and more particularly, to a succinct and non-interactive zero-knowledge proof system for a universal stack machine program, and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a universal and concise zero-knowledge SNARK is applied to a smart contract of a blockchain, the transaction processing speed may be increased only for the operation proof of the stack machine program by using the simple structural features of a stack machine.

Abstract: A marker composition for predicting RCC prognosis, includes at least one gene selected from the group consisting of DUSP22, MAPK14, MAPKAPK3, STAT1, and VCP, discovered by the screening method of the present invention, or a protein encoded by the gene, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating RCC, includes a DUSP22 inhibitor of the present invention as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter, including a sample/hold circuit; a reference voltage driver; a digital-to-analog converter; a comparator; and a logic circuit, wherein the reference voltage driver includes: a first voltage supplier circuit configured to output an external supply voltage provided from outside of the analog-to-digital converter; a second voltage supplier circuit configured to output a sampled reference voltage that is obtained during a sampling phase based on control signals received from the logic circuit; and a switching driver configured to electrically connect the first voltage supplier circuit to the digital-to-analog converter during a first conversion phase after the sampling phase based on the control signals received from the logic circuit, and to electrically connect the second voltage supplier circuit to the digital-to-analog converter during a second conversion phase based on the control signals received from the logic circuit.

Abstract: Provided are an organic magnetic material and a semiconductor device including the same. According to the inventive concept, the organic magnetic material may include a material represented by Formula 1 below.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an autoencoder-based encryption key generation technique, and more particularly, to a signal transmission apparatus, a signal reception apparatus, a signal transmission method, and a signal reception method in an autoencoder-based encryption key generation system, wherein an encryption key with enhanced security may be generated on the basis of an autoencoder.

Abstract: A method of encoding an audio signal and an encoder and a method of decoding an audio signal and a decoder are provided. The method of encoding an audio signal includes outputting a decoded signal by using a bitstream that encodes an audio signal, separating the decoded signal into a low-band signal and a high-band signal by using a sound source separator, upsampling the low-band signal, upsampling the high-band signal, and restoring the audio signal by synthesizing the upsampled low-band signal with the upsampled high-band signal, wherein the bitstream is generated by encoding a superimposed signal in which a signal in a high frequency band of the audio signal is superimposed on a low frequency band of the audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing an in vivo component is provided. The apparatus for analyzing an in vivo component may include an impedance sensor including a first electrode and a second electrode configured to contact a fluid channel of a fluid to be analyzed. The apparatus may include an impedance measurement device configured to apply a current to the first electrode and the second electrode, measure a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode based on applying the current, and measure an impedance of the fluid based on the measured voltage. The apparatus may include a processor configured to model the measured impedance using an equivalent circuit; and analyze the in vivo component based on modeling the measured impedance using the equivalent circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a genome reconstruction method using whole genome data. According to the present invention, the genome reconstruction method reduces detection errors by converting a nucleotide sequence having a structural variation into a graph form, and then reconstructing the graph so that the structural variation and the copy number variation have consistent values. Thereafter, the genome arrangement form was restored by constructing a haplotype graph using heterozygous single nucleotide polymorphism information and then finding an Eulerian path with a minimum entropy value.

Abstract: An anti-freezing composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one of a compound represented by Formula 1 and a compound represented by Formula 2. An anti-freezing composition according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes a peptide consisting of amino acids having different chirality, thereby having an excellent effect of inhibiting ice formation or ice recrystallization.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sunroof system for a vehicle including glass slidably insertable into a vehicle body of the vehicle, and a passive radiant cooling layer disposed below the glass and slidably insertable into the vehicle body. The passive radiant cooling layer includes at least two layers among a first emission layer having a high emissivity in a first band relative to a band outside the first band, a second emission layer having a high emissivity in a second band, which is included in the first band and narrower than the first band, relative to a band outside the second band, and a reflection layer having a high reflectivity in a third band, which is a shorter wavelength than the first band, relative to a band outside the third band.

Abstract: Proposed is a shape design technology for a wireless power transmission system, the shape design system including: a learning module configured to perform learning based on shape information and compensation information input in relation to a design target and generate new shape information; and an analysis module configured to evaluate wireless power transmission performance based on the shape information from the learning module and provide the learning module with a performance evaluation result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a PUF-based IoT device authentication technique, and more specifically, to a PUF-based IoT device using channel state information, and an authentication method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, security of an authentication key may be strengthened by simultaneously utilizing a PUF-based authentication method and an RF characteristic-based authentication method.