Abstract: A processor implemented method of processing a facial expression image, the method includes acquiring an expression feature of each of at least two reference facial expression images; generating a new expression feature based on an interpolation value of the expression feature; and adjusting a target facial expression image based on the new expression feature and creating a new facial expression image.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes an electrode structure on a substrate that includes a first region and a second region, the electrode structure including a ground selection electrode, cell electrodes, and a string selection electrode which are sequentially stacked on the substrate wherein the ground selection electrode, the cell electrodes, and the string selection electrode respectively include a ground selection pad, cell pads, and a string selection pad which define a stepped structure in the second region of the substrate, a plurality of dummy pillars penetrating each of the cell pads and a portion of the electrode structure under each of the cell pads, and a cell contact plug electrically connected to each of the cell pads, wherein each of the dummy pillars penetrates a boundary between adjacent cell pads, and wherein the adjacent cell pads share the dummy pillars.

Abstract: A display apparatus, including a light-emitting device including a device-side electrode; a driving substrate configured to drive the light-emitting device; a driver-side electrode provided on the driving substrate; and a metal layer configured to connect the device-side electrode to the driver-side electrode, and including a first interface between the metal layer and the device-side electrode, and a second interface between the metal layer and the driver-side electrode, wherein at least one of the first interface and the second interface includes an intermetallic compound.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a reflection are provided. The method includes acquiring an input image of an object, based on an activation of an infrared light source, acquiring a reference image of the object, based on a deactivation of the infrared light source, and extracting a reflection region from the input image, based on the input image and the reference image.

Abstract: An application processor includes a system bus, a host processor, a voice trigger system and an audio subsystem that are electrically connected to the system bus. The voice trigger system performs a voice trigger operation and issues a trigger event based on a trigger input signal that is provided through a trigger interface. The audio subsystem includes an audio interface and processes audio streams through the audio interface. The voice trigger system is disposed in an always-powered domain where power is supplied in both of an active mode and a standby mode. The host processor and the audio subsystem are disposed in a power-save domain where power is blocked in the standby mode. The host processor launches into the active mode when the voice trigger system issues the trigger event.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first gate electrodes sequentially stacked on a substrate, a second gate electrode on the plurality of first gate electrodes, a first channel structure extending through the plurality of first gate electrodes and a portion of the second gate electrode, a buried insulation pattern on a sidewall of the first channel structure, of which an upper surface is at a higher level than a top end of the first channel structure, a second channel structure extending through a remainder of the second gate electrode, the second channel structure connected to the first channel structure, and a buried conductive pattern on a sidewall of the second channel structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device obtaining skin images and a method of controlling the same. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises at least one camera, at least one light source, and at least one processor configured to control the at least one camera to capture a user image, identify a brightness of a facial skin image from the user image, determine at least one of a capture control parameter of the at least one camera and an output control parameter of the at least one light source, based on the identified brightness, and control the at least one camera to recapture the user image according to the at least one of the determined capture control parameter and the determined output control parameter of the light source.

Abstract: A boost converter and a cell applicable to the boost converter are provided. The cell comprises a control circuit configured to generate a bottom control signal related to a bottom plate of a capacitor, and a top control signal related to a top plate of the capacitor to connect the capacitor based on one or more operational phases, and a booster configured to convert the top control signal generated by the control circuit, wherein the capacitor is configured to be sequentially connected to voltage levels through switches, based on the bottom control signal and the converted top control signal.

Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. A washing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a door for opening and closing a laundry inlet; a magnetic body included in the door; a processor; and a door lock switch module including a door lock key which moves in accordance with the opening and closing of the door so as to lock or unlock the door, a first switch electrically connected on the basis of movement of the door lock key to a locked position, and a second switch connected in series with the first switch and electrically connected in response to an approach of the magnetic body, wherein the processor receives a signal generated by connecting the first switch and the second switch, detects the locking of the door, and proceeds to perform the washing cycle process of the washing machine. Other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: Disclosed are a combination structure including a nanostructure array including a plurality of nanostructures with a smaller dimension than the near-infrared wavelength are repeatedly arranged and a light absorption portion adjacent to the nanostructure array and including a near-infrared absorbing material configured to absorb light in at least a portion of near-infrared wavelength regions, an optical filter, an image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device including the same.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, at a storage device, a request. The request includes a request message authentication code and write protect information. The write protect information includes at least one of start address information and length information. The start address information indicates a logical block address at which a memory area in a non-volatile memory of the storage device starts, and the length information indicates a length of the memory area. The method also includes generating, at the storage device, a message authentication code based on (1) at least one of the start address information and the length information, and (2) a key stored at the storage device; authenticating, at the storage device, the request based on the generated message authentication code and the request message authentication code; and processing, at the storage device, the request based on a result of the authenticating.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a camera, and at least one processor configured to: determine, from an image including a face of a user obtained via the camera, skin information indicating a skin condition of the user, generate control information for controlling a skin-care device to perform care based on the determined skin information and information regarding the skin-care device, and provide the control information to the skin-care device.

Abstract: The present application discloses interaction method, system, and device for information. After recognizing a non-transparent shielding object or a second device, a first device with a light-sensing screen provided in the embodiments of the present application transmits shielded screen information to the second device for processing. One example is that the second device sends an operation instruction to the first device with a light-sensing screen according to a use scenario of a user, to change the screen information stored or/and displayed in the first device with a light-sensing screen. In this way, Interaction for information according to user requirements based on a photosensitive recognition technology between different devices may be implemented according to this application.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system using a learned AI model according to at least one of machine learning, neural network, or a deep learning algorithm and applications thereof. In the disclosure, a control method of an electronic apparatus is provided. The control method comprises the steps of: displaying an image including at least one object receiving a voice; inputting the voice to an AI model learned by an AI algorithm to identify an object related to the voice among the at least one object included in the image and acquire tag information about the identified object; and providing the obtained tag information.

Abstract: A modeling method searches for a sequence matched to a user input using a fluid animation graph generated based on similarities among frames included in sequences included in the fluid animation graph and models a movement corresponding to the user input based on a result of the searching. Provided also is a corresponding apparatus and a method for preprocessing for such modeling.

Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes: a display; a communicator; and a processor configured to execute instructions to: control the communicator to mirror, to an external device, a first screen provided by a first application corresponding to a user command, among a plurality of applications providing a plurality of screens, based on the user command for selectively mirroring one of the plurality of screens being input in a state in which the plurality of screens are displayed on the display, and control the display to display a second screen provided by a second application that is not mirrored to the external device, among the plurality of applications, while mirroring the first screen provided by the first application to the external device.

Abstract: A memory device includes a path state check circuit configured to check states of signal transmission paths, each signal transmission path including a data transmission path and a clock transmission path of the memory device. The path state check circuit includes a sampling circuit configured to perform a sampling operation by using pattern data that has passed through the data transmission path and a clock signal that has passed through the clock transmission path, and generate sample data, and a management circuit configured to generate a comparison of the sample data with the pattern data and manage check result information indicating whether a re-training operation for the memory device is to be performed, based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active pattern therein, a gate electrode extending across the active pattern and a source/drain region on the active pattern laterally adjacent the gate electrode. The device further includes a contact structure including a first contact on the source/drain region, a second contact on the first contact and a spacer on sidewalls of the first and second contacts.