Abstract: An interface for enabling a computer device to utilize data property-based data placement inside a nonvolatile memory device comprises: executing a software component at an operating system level in the computer device that monitors update statistics of all data item modifications into the nonvolatile memory device, including one or more of update frequencies for each data item, accumulated update and delete frequencies specific to each file type, and an origin of the data item; storing the update statistics of each of the data items and each of the data item types in a database; and intercepting all operations, including create, write, and update, of performed by applications to all the data items, and automatically assigning a data property identifier to each of the data items based on current update statistics in the database, such that the data items and assigned data property identifiers are transmitted over a memory channel to the non-volatile memory device.

Abstract: An imaging device is provided. The imaging device may sense light passing through a corresponding imaging lens and a corresponding color filter in sensing elements disposed in a sensing region for each color channel, and generate sensing data based on a grouping of color intensity values sensed by the sensing elements for each sensing region based on a binning size determined based on an illuminance of light.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit electromagnetic waves; a receiver configured to receive electromagnetic waves that are reflected; and a processor configured to extract a relative velocity, with respect to the radar apparatus, of at least one front object based on the electromagnetic waves received by the receiver, wherein the processor is further configured to locally adjust respective resolutions of scanning front regions based on the relative velocity of the at least one front object.

Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by a first vehicle, of providing detailed map data, the method including collecting first traveling data about a first path using at least one first sensor while the first vehicle is traveling the first path; obtaining first detailed map data corresponding to the first path based on the first traveling data about the first path; and providing the first detailed map data to at least one external device.

Abstract: An electronic device including an electronic pen and a method of controlling a communication connection with the electronic pen is provided. The electronic device include a housing, a touch-screen display, a first wireless communication circuit, an extended recess disposed inside the housing, a first wireless charging circuit; an electronic pen including a second wireless communication circuit and a second wireless charging circuit electrically coupled to the first wireless charging circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to detect whether the electronic pen is inserted into the recess, charge the electronic pen through the first wireless charging circuit based on the detection, receive inherent information of the electronic pen through the first wireless communication circuit during or after the charging, and maintain or re-establish a communication connection with the electronic pen based on at least a portion of the received inherent information.

Abstract: Provided is a readout integrated circuit of a FMCW LiDAR system includes a transimpedance amplifier to receive an optical signal of optical mixer output from balanced PIN photo diode, convert the received optical signal into a current signal including a mixed signal of high and low frequencies, and convert the current signal into a voltage signal including a low frequency sinusoidal waveform, a comparator to receive the voltage signal, and generate a pulse signal from the voltage signal, a primary counter to receive a primary signal corresponding to the pulse signal, and count a number of pulses to generate primary counter data, a reference counter to receive a reference signal, and count a number of pulses to generate reference counter data, and an arithmetic logic unit to receive the primary and reference counter data, and calculate depth information corresponding to a distance of a target.

Abstract: A method and a modification system for modifying a search query for a user are provided. The method includes receiving at least one search query from a user; determining a present context of the user, based on the at least one search query and on-device data; identifying at least one relevant attribute related to the search query based on the present context of the user and a personalized knowledge graph, wherein the personalized knowledge graph is dynamically generated based on the on-device data; and modifying the search query, based on the at least one relevant attribute and a relation of the at least one relevant attribute with the search query, to obtain at least one modified search query.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a time-resolving sensor and a processor. The time-resolving sensor outputs a first signal and a second signal pair in response detecting one or more photons that have been reflected from an object. A first ratio of a magnitude of the first signal to a sum of the magnitude of the first signal and a magnitude of the second signal is proportional to a time of flight of the one or more detected photons. A second ratio of the magnitude of the second signal to the sum of the magnitude of the first signal and the magnitude of the second signal is proportional to the time of flight of the one or more detected photons. The processor determines a surface reflectance of the object where the light pulse has been reflected based on the first signal and the second signal pair and may generate a grayscale image.

Abstract: Provided is a through-focus image-based metrology device including an optical device, and a computing device configured to acquire at least one through-focus image of a target from the optical device, generate an intensity profile based on the acquired at least one through-focus image, and perform metrology on the target based on the generated intensity profile, wherein the optical device includes a stage on which the target is disposed, the stage being configured to move by one step in at least one direction based on control of the computing device, and to acquire the at least one through-focus image, an image sensor disposed on the stage, an objective lens disposed between the image sensor and the stage, the objective lens being configured to transmit reflected light from the target, and a light source configured to emit illumination light to the target through the objective lens.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a display, a sensor module including a touch sensor configured to receive a touch input and generate touch data, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the sensor module, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: generate a first filter having a first time filter value and a first magnitude filter value, generate a second filter having a second time filter value greater than the first time filter value and a second magnitude filter value greater than the first magnitude filter value, acquire the touch data including a first point where a touch starts and a second point where the touch ends, apply the first filter based on a moving from the first point to the second point being closer to a center line that vertically bisects a keyboard, apply the second filter based on the moving being farther away from the center line, determine that a key of the keyboard corresponding to the first point has been touched bas

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device of the present invention comprises a communication unit and a processor for receiving information on a refrigerator from the refrigerator through the communication unit, dividing an operation section of the refrigerator into an event section and a normal section on the basis of the received information, and determining whether the refrigerator is abnormal on the basis of a state of the refrigerator in the normal section or the event section among the received information. The event section includes a section from a time point when a door of the refrigerator is opened to a time point when the temperature of the refrigerator reaches a predetermined temperature after the door is closed, and the normal section includes a section from a time point when the temperature of the refrigerator reaches the predetermined temperature to a time point before the door is opened.

Abstract: A multi-bit flip-flop includes a first flip-flop having a first output driver connected to a first output pin and arranged on a first row, a second flip-flop including a second output driver electrically connected to a second output pin and arranged on a second row, and an internal hold buffer connected to the first output driver on the first row and the second flip-flop on the second row.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a bio-signal includes: a light source configured to emit light; an ultrasonic transducer configured to obtain a photoacoustic signal generated from an object; a photoacoustic coupler disposed in contact with the ultrasonic transducer and configured to direct the light transmitted from the light source to a scanner and to direct the photoacoustic signal generated from the object to the ultrasonic transducer; the scanner configured to reflect the light incident from the photoacoustic coupler to the object, and reflect the photoacoustic signal generated from the object to the photoacoustic coupler; a scanner controller configured to adjust a light incident position on the object by controlling the angle of the scanner; a light detector configured to obtain a light signal by detecting the light scattered or reflected from the object; and a processor configured to obtain bio-information based on the light signal and the photoacoustic signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor including a light-emitting element, a photo-detective element, a light transmitting layer under the light-emitting element and the photo-detective element, and an optical structure inside the light transmitting layer and configured to control a propagation direction of light, a biosensor array and a device.

Abstract: A method for performing a data read-write operation across multiple zoned storage devices includes reading data from at least one zone of a source zoned storage device and sequentially writing the read data to at least one zone of a destination zoned storage device, where the source zoned storage device is different from the destination zoned storage device.

Abstract: A neuromorphic apparatus includes a three-dimensionally-stacked synaptic structure, and includes a plurality of unit synaptic modules, each of the plurality of unit synaptic modules including a plurality of synaptic layers, each of the plurality of synaptic layers including a plurality of stacked layers, and each of the plurality of unit synaptic modules further including a first decoder interposed between two among the plurality of synaptic layers. The neuromorphic apparatus further includes a second decoder that provides a level selection signal to the first decoder included in one among the plurality of unit synaptic modules to be accessed, and a third decoder that generates an address of one among a plurality of memristers to be accessed in a memrister array of one among the plurality of synaptic layers included in the one among the plurality of unit synaptic modules to be accessed.

Abstract: A method for operating a memory controller, the method including: receiving a first command from a first host; storing the first command in a queue; when the first command has a higher priority than a second command currently being performed, pausing an operation of the second command and performing a read operation of the first command; and continuing the operation of the second command after completion of the read operation of the first command.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor, and a head-mounted display (HMD) device wirelessly connecting to the at least one processor. The at least one processor includes a first communication module, a light-emitting device, and a first processor for controlling the brightness of the light-emitting device based on a brightness adjustment signal received from the HMD device. The HMD device includes a second communication module, a sensor for measuring external illuminance, and a second processor for acquiring the external illuminance measured by the sensor, and, based on the obtained external illuminance, transmitting the brightness adjustment signal, for adjusting the brightness of the light-emitting device of the at least one processor, to the at least one processor by using the second communication module.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a sliding plate provided to be slidably moveable and couplable to a front surface of the door, a cover display provided to be rotatable and supported on the sliding plate, a display to which the cover display is couplable to be rotated together with the cover display, a plurality of rotation limitation parts provided to define a rotation range of the cover display, and a release screw provided to allow at least one of the plurality of rotation limitation parts to be adjusted to thereby release a rotation limitation of the defined rotation range of the cover display. As the cover display is being rotated beyond the defined rotation range as the rotation limitation of the cover display is released, the cover display is separated from the sliding plate together with the display and the cover display is no longer supported by the sliding plate.

Abstract: A nanorod light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus including the nanorod light emitting device are provided. The nanorod light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer doped with a first conductivity type, a light emitting layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the light emitting layer and doped with a second conductivity type that is electrically opposite to the first conductivity type, wherein a distance between a lower surface of the first semiconductor layer and an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer is in a range of about 2 ?m to about 10 ?m, wherein a difference between a diameter of the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer and the lower surface of the first semiconductor layer is 10% or less of a diameter of the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer.