Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
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Patent number: 12086712Abstract: There are provided a method and a system for image segmentation utilizing a GAN architecture. A method for training an image segmentation network according to an embodiment includes: inputting an image to a first network which is trained to output a region segmentation result regarding an input image, and generating a region segmentation result; and inputting the region segmentation result generated at the generation step and a ground truth (GT) to a second network, and acquiring a discrimination result, the second network being trained to discriminate inputted region segmentation results as a result generated by the first network and a GT, respectively; and training the first network and the second network by using the discrimination result. Accordingly, region segmentation performance of a semantic segmentation network regarding various images can be enhanced, and a very small image region can be exactly segmented.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTEInventors: Choong Sang Cho, Young Han Lee
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Publication number: 20240296260Abstract: A simulation method for dynamic contact characteristics of a high-speed heavy-load ball bearing in a liquid rocket engine, mainly including: establishing a low-speed heavy-load ball bearing model of a liquid rocket engine according to a normal contact stress of a ball bearing, and performing iterative computation on the low-speed heavy-load ball bearing model of the liquid rocket engine to obtain static contact characteristics of the heavy-load ball bearing; establishing a high-speed heavy-load ball bearing model of the liquid rocket engine based on a theory of quasi-static analysis; and taking computed values for the static contact characteristics of the heavy-load ball bearing as initial values, substituting the initial values into the high-speed heavy-load ball bearing model, and performing iterative operation through a dual-population co-evolutionary particle swarm optimization (CPSO) algorithm to obtain dynamic contact characteristics of each of balls in the ball bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: XI'AN AEROSPACE PROPULSION INSTITUTEInventors: Feiping DU, Yonghua TAN, Chunmin WANG, Hui CHEN
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Publication number: 20240297971Abstract: A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
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Publication number: 20240296571Abstract: A method for learning a representation of a sequence of frames includes encoding, via an encoder network, the sequence of frames to obtain a set of feature maps and extracting, a motion-guided slot learning mechanism, mid-level features from the set of feature maps. The method further includes quantizing the mid-level features via a vector quantization process to obtain a set of tokens, and decoding, via a decoder network, the tokens to obtain a reconstructed sequence of frames. The method still further includes optimizing a combination of a reconstruction loss and a motion loss to train the encoder and decoder networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Zhipeng BAO, Pavel TOKMAKOV, Yuxiong WANG, Adrien David GAIDON, Martial HEBERT
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Publication number: 20240295560Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for early diagnosing pancreatic cancer and a pharmaceutical composition for treating pancreatic cancer. The object can be solved by a method for assisting a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, comprising the steps of: (1) bringing a sample derived from a subject suspected of having pancreatic cancer into contact with an antibody specific to ganglioside GM2 and/or an antibody specific to ganglioside GD1a, to obtain an antigen-antibody complex, and (2) detecting the antigen-antibody complex; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating pancreatic cancer, comprising a GM2 immune complex wherein an anticancer drug or a photosensitizer is bound to an antibody specific to ganglioside GM2, and/or a GD1a immune complex wherein an anticancer drug or a photosensitizer is bound to an antibody specific to ganglioside GD1a.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: TOKYO METROPOLITAN GERIATRIC HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGYInventors: Toshiyuki ISHIWATA, Norihiko SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240293481Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for predicting cancer survival or toxicity in a subject receiving a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy. The present disclosure further discloses compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating said subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR CANCER AND ALLIED DISEASES, THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAInventors: Melody Smith, Marcel Van Den Brink, Anqi Dai, Sean Devlin, Marco Ruella, Andrea Facciabene
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Publication number: 20240298284Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a base station group constituted of four or more base stations 2. One base station 2A measures a reception clock time TAA of a signal transmitted by itself and a reception clock time TBA of a signal received from another base station 2B, and the other base station 2B measures a reception clock time TBB of a signal transmitted by itself and a reception clock time TAB of a signal received from the one base station 2A. Based on the reception clock time TAA and the reception clock time TBA and the reception clock time TBB and the reception clock time TAB, a propagation time between the base stations 2 is obtained, and distances between all the base stations 2 are obtained by multiplying each of the propagation times similarly obtained between all the base stations 2 by a propagation velocity of the signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYInventors: Nobuyasu SHIGA, Satoshi YASUDA
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Publication number: 20240297305Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to an exemplary embodiment, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a metal oxide particle including nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum, and three types of doping elements doped on the metal oxide particle is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: POSCO Holdings Inc., RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POSCO CHEMICAL CO., LTDInventors: Jung Hoon SONG, Sang Cheol NAM, Sang Hyuk LEE, Kwon Young CHOI, Inchul PARK, Ohmin KWON
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Publication number: 20240297970Abstract: A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
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Publication number: 20240297969Abstract: A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
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Publication number: 20240293771Abstract: A carbon dioxide absorption and reduction solution contains 0.01 to 100 mM of a metal complex in a mixed solvent of water and a water-soluble solvent. The metal complex contains: a central metal which is any of rhenium, manganese, or iron; and a ligand which coordinates to the central metal. The ligand includes two or more carbonyl groups and two or more nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and at least one of the two or more nitrogen-containing heterocycles has at least one substituent including a carboxy group or a hydroxy group. When the central metal of the metal complex is ruthenium, the nitrogen-containing heterocycles May not have a carboxy group or a hydroxy group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tatsuya TSUJIUCHI, Hidehiko TAJIMA, Naoto TAGAMI, Osamu ISHITANI, Masahiko MIYAJI
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Publication number: 20240297968Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
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Publication number: 20240294999Abstract: The present disclosure is that plating steel with spangles can be subjected to constant humidity heat treatment. Due to this, the degree of blackening is different depending on the spangle pattern, and then a black plated steel sheet having a marble texture and a beautiful pattern can be obtained when the blackening is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: POSCO Co., Ltd, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hye Jeong Kim, Kyung Hwang Lee, Taek Geun Lee
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Publication number: 20240297967Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
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Publication number: 20240294956Abstract: Provided is an aspartic acid composition containing aspartic acid and an impurity, the impurity containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an amino acid other than aspartic acid, an organic acid, and salts of the amino acid other than aspartic acid and the organic acid, a content of the impurity being 0.02% by mass or more and 1.1% by mass or less. Also provided is a method for producing polysuccinimide, the method including performing a polymerization reaction of the aspartic acid using the aspartic acid composition. Also provided is a polysuccinimide composition produced by the method for producing polysuccinimide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicants: DIC Corporation, GREEN EARTH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Kondo, Yasutaka Oka, Akane Sasamoto, Tatsuhiko Arai, Toru Nakayashiki, Satomi Miura
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Publication number: 20240295515Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a droplet sensor and a condensation detection device having stable detection properties and a method for manufacturing the same. Even when the droplet sensor and the condensation detection device are mass-produced, the present invention enables reduction of manufacturing variation between the elements and enables high detection accuracy and high electrical output of the elements. A droplet sensor of the present invention includes: an insulating substrate; a first electrode having a first thin wire and a first current collector; and a second electrode having a second thin wire and a second current collector. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the insulating substrate. The first thin wire and the second thin wire are alternately disposed in juxtaposition with each other on the insulating substrate. The droplet sensor senses a galvanic current flowing between the first thin wire and the second thin wire through a conductive droplet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventor: Jin KAWAKITA
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Publication number: 20240297685Abstract: A method for power allocation in a dAP may comprise: when a change cycle of a transmit power determination vector arrives, generating an uplink message including long-term CSI, the uplink message being normalized such that the long-term local CSI becomes a value within a preconfigured limit range; transmitting the uplink message to a central processing unit through a fronthaul; receiving a downlink message vector for power allocation from the central processing unit through the fronthaul; generating decentralized determination information using the downlink message vector; and extracting a transmit power determination vector based on the decentralized determination information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Seung Eun HONG, Seok Hwan PARK, Dae Sung YU, Hoon LEE
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Patent number: 12078153Abstract: Systems and methods for embedding a thermal management system in an electric propulsion (EP) system is presented. According to one aspect, one or more oscillating heat pipes (OHPs) are provided within functional elements of the EP system. Each OHP includes channel segments that include a sealed working fluid. The channel segments are joined to form a continuous serpentine channel with a channel path that alternates between hot and cold regions of the EP system. According to another aspect, the functional elements of the EP system are reduced to a single monolithic structure with an embedded OHP. The single monolithic structure may be a single material or a multi material. According to yet another aspect, the functional elements are elements of a magnetic circuit of the EP system, including one or more of a backplate, an outer pole, an inner pole, or a center pole.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Scott N Roberts, Sean W Reilly, Robert P Dillon, Benjamin I Furst, Dan M Goebel
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Patent number: 12080649Abstract: A semiconductor memory device and a device including the same are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes word lines extending in a first direction on a semiconductor substrate; bit line structures extending across the word lines in a second direction crossing the first direction; contact pad structures between the word lines and between the bit line structures; and spacers between the bit line structures and the contact pad structures. The spacers include a boron nitride layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)Inventors: Hyeonjin Shin, Minhyun Lee, Changseok Lee, Kyung-Eun Byun, Hyeonsuk Shin, Seokmo Hong
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Patent number: 12081735Abstract: A method for processing a video signal, of the present disclosure, comprising the steps of: parsing, from a bitstream, upper level merge with MVD (MMVD) activation information (sps_mmvd_enabled_flag) indicating whether the upper level MMVD including a current block is usable; parsing, from the bitstream, MMVD merge information (mmvd_merge_flag) indicating whether the MMVD is used in the current block, if the upper level MMVD activation information indicates the activation of the MMVD; parsing MMVD distance-related information (mmvd_distance_idx) and MMVD direction-related information (mmvd_direction_idx), if the MMVD merge information indicates that the MMVD is used in the current block; and obtaining MMVD information (mMvdLX) based on the MMVD distance-related information and the MMVD direction-related information, wherein the MMVD information is greater than or equal to ?2{circumflex over (?)}17 and is less than or equal to 2{circumflex over (?)}17?1.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Dongcheol Kim, Juhyung Son, Jaehong Jung, Jinsam Kwak