Abstract: A server may include a communication circuit communicating with a user terminal, storage including a fingerprint DB storing fingerprints corresponding to a plurality of points and a signal fluctuation probability DB, and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the storage. The processor may be configured to store similarity between first signal strength and second signal strength, which are determined based on a probability that a pair of the first signal strength and the second signal strength received from a first AP occurs with respect to fingerprints corresponding to a first point, in the signal fluctuation probability DB, to obtain a fingerprint including signal strength received from the first AP, from the user terminal, and to determine a location of the user terminal based on the obtained fingerprint and the signal fluctuation probability DB.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a 3-D refractive index tensor are presented. The method for measuring a 3-D refractive index tensor according to an embodiment comprises the steps of: controlling incident light of a plane wave with respect to at least one angle and polarization; and measuring, in a polarization-dependent manner, the 2-D diffracted light of a specimen with respect to the incident light incident at the at least one angle and polarization, wherein the birefringence value and the 3-D structure of an alignment direction of molecules in the specimen having birefringence may be measured.

Abstract: Provided is a technology of estimating a bending stiffness variation of a tire and estimating a tread wear amount of a tire using the same. A tire wear measuring apparatus wear includes a signal receiver configured to measure acceleration inside the tire with respect to an axial direction, which is a radial direction of the tire, for each point inside the tire, a signal analyzer configured to receive signal information from the signal receiver and estimate a tread wear rate of the tire by calculating a bending stiffness variation rate of the tire using axial acceleration inside the tire, a transmitter configured to receive and transmit analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer, and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for a vehicle to which the tire is installed.

Abstract: Provided are a computer system for automatically searching for a mental disorder diagnosis protocol and an method thereof that may determine at least one test region to be examined for a predetermined mental disorder diagnosis in a brain image of a patient based on a first artificial neural network, may determine a test process for the mental disorder diagnosis for the patient based on a second artificial neural network, and may provide a test protocol for the mental disorder diagnosis for the patient based on the test region and the test process. The computer system may visualize at least one of a position, a shape, a size, and an importance of the test region in the brain image. The test process may include test order of a plurality of test stages in which the brain image is to be used for the mental disorder diagnosis.

Abstract: The provided programmable photonic circuit includes a tunable optical coupler, an optical phase shifter, and a control unit. First and second waveguides are provided in a first section corresponding to each other in the tunable optical coupler, and the tunable optical coupler includes a first actuator to adjust optical coupling efficiency of an optical signal between the first and second waveguides. One waveguide of the first and second waveguides, and a perturbation waveguide are provided in a second section corresponding to each other in the optical phase shifter, and the optical phase shifter includes a second actuator to change the phase of an optical signal traveling through the one waveguide, by changing an effective refractive index of an optical mode of the one waveguide according to the gap between the one waveguide and the perturbation waveguide. The control unit controls driving signals applied to the first and second actuators.

Abstract: Provided are a computer device for fast stimulation artifact template-based real-time stimulation artifact removal and a method thereof. The computer device may be connected to a recording device in which data representing effect of stimulation on a living body is recorded and may be configured to generate a stimulation artifact template for the stimulation based on the recorded data, and to remove a stimulation artifact according to the stimulation from the recorded data using the stimulation artifact template.

Abstract: An ultrathin camera device is provided. The ultrathin camera device comprises an optical module including a microlens array in which microlenses are arranged, an image sensor that outputs electrical image signals by sensing light coming through the microlens array, spacers that form a focal length by separating the optical module from the image sensor, and a processor that outputs a final image by reconstructing array images generated from the image signals with a designated imaging process depending on a distance at which the object is located. Here, each microlens convexly protrudes toward the image sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a femtosecond laser-based ultrasonic measuring apparatus for a 3D printing process, and a 3D printing system including the apparatus. The apparatus includes a femtosecond laser source for generating a femtosecond laser beam irradiated to inspect a state of a printing object formed by melting a base material by a printing laser beam irradiated from the laser source for 3D printing, a beam splitter for separating the femtosecond laser beam generated by the femtosecond laser source into a pump laser beam and a probe laser beam, an electric/acoustic optical modulator for modulating the pump laser beam, a time delay unit for delaying the probe laser beam, a photo detector for detecting the probe laser beam reflected by the printing object, and a lock-in amplifier for detect an amplitude and a phase of the output signal from the photo detector. The femtosecond laser source is disposed coaxially with a laser source for 3D printing.

Abstract: Provided is a technique of quantifying a change in irregularity appearing in an acceleration signal of a tire and measuring a tread wear amount of the tire using the quantified change.

Abstract: A calibration circuit includes a selection unit, a power detector, an analog-to-digital converter and a calibrator. The selection unit is connected to the plurality of channels, selects two channels from among the plurality of channels, provides a test signal to the selected two channels, and receives a test result signal from the selected two channels. The power detector detects power of the selected two channels. The analog-to-digital converter performs an A/D conversion on an output of the power detector. The calibrator calibrates the phases and the gains between the plurality of channels based on an output of the analog-to-digital converter. One of the plurality of channels is set as a reference channel, phases and gains of remaining channels other than the reference channel among the plurality of channels are sequentially optimized based on the reference channel, and a phase and a gain of the reference channel is optimized.

Abstract: A wireless device driving method includes hiding a header emulated with a second protocol in a payload of a packet defined with a first protocol and transmitting the emulated header at a transmission side, receiving the emulated header and an ambient signal at a reception side, and decoding the ambient signal according to the second protocol to obtain a bit sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for measuring a wear rate of a tire tread using tendency of a peak value of acceleration of the tire. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a tire wear measuring apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to measure acceleration inside the tire installed to a the vehicle for each point inside the tire; a signal analyzer configured to receive signal information from the signal receiver and estimate a tread wear rate of the tire using a peak value of acceleration in longitudinal direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the tire from among acceleration signals inside the tire; a transmitter configured to receive analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer and transmit the analysis information; and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for the vehicle to which the tire is installed.

Abstract: An optical device can include an end-fire optical phased array including an optical splitter to split an optical signal into a plurality of channels, an optical phase controller to control a phase of the optical signal transmitted from the optical splitter, and an end-fire optical radiator to radiate the optical signal transmitted from the optical phase controller. A lens can be further positioned on a path of the radiated optical signal to control a vertical divergence angle of the radiated optical signal.

Abstract: A MAC operating device comprising a plurality of operation circuits respectively including an operation capacitor and a plurality of switches; and a division capacitor, wherein one end of the operation capacitor is respectively connected to a first operation switch connected to an input terminal and a first reset switch connected to a ground terminal, and the other end of the operation capacitor is connected to both a second operation switch connected to a division capacitor and a second reset switch connected to the ground terminal is provided.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a superlattice photodetector and a method of manufacturing the same. The superlattice photodetector includes an absorption layer for absorbing incident light and a waveguide layer coupled with the absorption layer and enabling the incident light to be waveguided within the absorption layer. The waveguide layer may include a periodic structure in which a plurality of metal patterns and a plurality of dielectric patterns are repeatedly arranged. According to various embodiments, the superlattice photodetector can be thinned while having improved performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-path converter, which adds a current transfer path using a capacitor to a current transfer path using an inductor to supply a current that is output to an output end (load) to a plurality of parallel paths, thereby reducing a total RMS current flowing through the inductor, and a control method therefor.

Abstract: A disclosed micro pre-concentrator includes a base substrate having a trench, and a 3D nano-shell composite disposed in the trench and having pores that are ordered and connected to each other. The 3D nano-shell composite includes a 3D nano-shell support defined by a thin film extending three-dimensionally and a polymeric layer formed along a surface of the 3D nano-shell support. The micro pre-concentrator may increase adsorption amount of gas. In addition, since it may be uniformly heated in a short time, it is possible to release gas at a high density in a short time.

Abstract: Disclosed are an optical-time-division-multiplexed transmission method and system using a simple sinusoidally modulated optical signal as an input pulse source. An optical-time-division-multiplexed transmission system comprises: an optical-time-division-multiplexed transmitter by applying a sinusoidal electrical signal, a first multi-level electrical PAM signal, and a second multi-level electrical PAM signal so as to generate an optical-time-division-multiplexed multi-level PAM signal; an optical detector for converting the transmitted optical-time-division-multiplexed PAM signal into an electrical signal; a time-division-demultiplexer for demultiplexing the detected electrical signal into two signals; a MIMO equalizer; and two decision elements for determining the levels of two demultiplexed signals obtained from the MIMO equalizer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus with image processing are provided. A method includes determining sample points sampled on a camera ray, wherein the camera ray is based on view-generation information comprising a scene viewing-position and a scene-viewing direction, determining location statuses of the respective sample points based on a virtual cylindrical coordinate system defined by a center and a radius, projecting and rendering a value of a pixel corresponding to the camera ray by, according the location statuses, applying the view-generation information to a first neural network to generate a first rendering result and to a second neural network to generate a second rendering result, wherein the first neural network has been trained to generate foreground images and the second neural network has been trained to generate background images, and generating a rendered image based on blending the first rendering result and the second rendering result.

Abstract: A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, includes: determining, from among a plurality of antennas of the base station, a first antenna that meets a power threshold, based on a first beamformer scaled according to a power limit; generating a second beamformer corresponding to the first antenna; applying an overlap coefficient matrix to the second beamformer; generating a third beamformer by combining the second beamformer to which the overlap coefficient matrix has been applied and the first beamformer; and transmitting a signal using the third beamformer.