Abstract: An electronic device includes a connector connected to a cable of an external device and including a plurality of pins, a water detection circuit connected to at least one detection pin among the plurality of pins, and configured to detect, based on the at least one detection pin, whether water exists in the connector, a connection sensing circuit connected to at least one sensing pin among the plurality of pins, and configured to recognize the cable, based on the at least one sensing pin, and an application processor (AP) configured to control the water detection circuit and the connection sensing circuit such that detection of the water and recognition of the cable are performed simultaneously.

Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for data analytics based on zero extract transform load (ETL). In one or more examples, the systems, devices, and methods include generating a data request for at least a subset of data stored in a database; converting the data request to an object storage request; determining, based on parsing the object storage request, that the object storage request includes an extract transform load (ETL) request; creating an ETL command based on the object storage request; routing the ETL command to a storage device based on the storage device comprising at least one ETL function requested in the data request; and determining information from result data that is received from the storage device in response to routing the ETL command to the storage device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for sidelink (SL) positioning power control in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a power for a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) in a transmission occasion i based on PSL-PRS(i)=min(PCMAX,PMAX,CBR,min(PSL-PRS,D(i),PSL-PRS,SL(i))). PCMAX is a configured maximum output power of the UE. PMAX,CBR is related to a priority level of the SL PRS and a channel busy ratio (CBR) range for a CBR measured in slot i?N, where N is a congestion control processing time. PSL-PRS,D(i) is a component for downlink (DL) pathloss based power control for the SL PRS. PSL-PRS,SL(i) is a component for SL pathloss based power control for the SL PRS. The method further includes transmitting the SL PRS in the transmission occasion i with the power PSL-PRS(i).

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for positioning. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting, by a first User Equipment (UE): a first Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) transmission, and, immediately preceding the first PRS transmission, a duplicate of a symbol of the first PRS transmission, the duplicate and the first PRS transmission being in a same slot as: a second PRS transmission, multiplexed in time with the first PRS transmission, transmitted by a second UE, and, immediately preceding the second PRS transmission, a duplicate, of a symbol of the second PRS transmission, transmitted by the second UE.

Abstract: A system may include a first pixel array arranged in a first direction and a second direction, and a first shift register coupled to the first pixel array. An output signal of the first shift register may be configured to activate one or more pixels of the first pixel array. The activated pixels may form a first macro reading block, wherein the first shift register may be configured to receive a clock signal to move the first macro reading block in the first direction or the second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a protection layer on the first surface of the substrate, metal layers in the substrate, extending in a first direction parallel to the first surface, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface, a via structure vertically penetrating the metal layers and the substrate, a circuit layer on the second surface of the substrate, and a connection terminal on a bottom surface of the circuit layer. Each of the metal layers may have a tetragonal or circular shape, when viewed in a plan view.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing that is at least partially formed of an electrically conductive material. A surface of the conductive material has an oxide film layer including a plurality of cavities. The plurality of cavities are colored in a first color and a second color, and the two colors are mixed when the second color is deposited on the first color. A method of manufacturing the housing includes anodizing the conductive material to form the oxide film layer having the cavities and coloring the cavities with the first and second colors.

Abstract: A method performed by a first ultra-wideband (UWB) device in a wireless communication is provided. The method includes configuring the first UWB device as an advertiser and transmitting a UWB message for advertisement, wherein the UWB message is used for measuring an angle of arrival (AoA).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of introducing a new dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and operating the dormant BWP in units of BWPs (bandwidth part-level) is provided.

Abstract: Downlink control information (DCI) size determination for multi-cell scheduling. A method includes receiving first information for a set of cells, identifying first combinations of cells from the set of cells, and determining a first maximum size among first sizes of a first DCI format. The first DCI format schedules physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) receptions on a first combination of cells from the first combinations of cells, and the first sizes correspond to the first combinations of cells. The method further includes receiving the first DCI format based on the first maximum size.

Abstract: A method for updating firmware of an electronic device includes verifying a first firmware certificate using a first public key, based on at least one of the electronic device being supplied power or the electronic device being reset, verifying a first firmware code included in the first firmware image based on a first hash value included in the first firmware certificate, and operating the electronic device using the first firmware code, based on the verifying of the first firmware certificate and the verifying of the first firmware code being successful. The first firmware certificate being included in a first firmware image stored in a memory of the electronic device.

Abstract: A method is performed by an electronic device of an ego vehicle that includes a camera, and the method includes: determining, from an image frame of a target vehicle captured by the camera, a rear box of the target vehicle, which is located in front of the ego vehicle, the rear box corresponding to a rear of the target vehicle; and determining a heading direction of the target vehicle based on the rear box and a vanishing point detected in the image frame.

Abstract: A quantum dot ink composition including a plurality of quantum dots, and a mixed solvent including a Solvent a and a Solvent b, a quantum dot electroluminescent device including a light emitting layer formed from the quantum dot composition, and a method of making the quantum dot electroluminescent device are provided, where Solvent a is a cycloalkane compound with at least one ring carbon having a linear C4 to C16 alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon compound having a linear C2 to C12 alkyl group, or a combination thereof, and Solvent b is a fluorinated alcohol.

Abstract: Provided is a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor including a substrate including a first cavity, a first frame including a second cavity at least partially overlapping the first cavity, at least a portion of the first frame being spaced apart from the substrate, a plurality of resonators, each of the plurality of resonators including a first end connected to the first frame and a second end extending into the second cavity, and a second frame including a first region connected to the first frame and a second region spaced apart from the first frame and connected to the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of transmitting and/or receiving a transport block. The method includes: receiving and/or transmitting a transport block according to information for scheduling multiple transport blocks. The present disclosure also provides a method for downlink transmission, a method of receiving an NRS on a non-anchor carrier, and corresponding UE, base station, and computer readable medium.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active pattern on the substrate, a plurality of lower nanosheets stacked on the active pattern, a separation structure spaced apart from the plurality of lower nanosheets in the vertical direction and disposed on the plurality of lower nanosheets, and including first to third layers sequentially stacked on each other, a plurality of upper nanosheets spaced apart from the separation structure in the vertical direction and disposed on the separation structure, and stacked on the separation structure, and a gate electrode extending in a second horizontal direction different from the first horizontal direction, and surrounding the separation structure, each of the plurality of lower nanosheets, and each of the plurality of upper nanosheets. The first and third layers include the same material, and each of the first layer and the third layer includes a material different from a material of the second layer.

Abstract: A radio unit (RU) module may include: a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC); a second substrate comprising a plurality of layers that comprises a plurality of second layers that comprises at least one first layer; a plurality of antenna elements comprising a first antenna element and a second antenna element; and a plurality of conductivity members comprising a conductivity member. The RFIC may be coupled to the first surface of the first substrate. The second substrate may be coupled to the second surface of the first substrate. The plurality of antenna elements may be disposed on the at least one first layer of the second substrate. The plurality of conductivity members may be disposed across the plurality of second layers of the second substrate.

Abstract: There is provide an image encoding method including transforming an image block into a first latent representation based on an invertible neural network, transforming the first latent representation into a second latent representation based on a non-invertible neural network, estimating a probability distribution of the first latent representation, and performing entropy encoding on the first latent representation based on the probability distribution by using an entropy encoder.

Abstract: Optical flow information is determined and used to identify a video clip from among a sequence of frames. The video clip may be identified based on motion features derived in part from the optical flow information. In some embodiments, semantic information is concatenated with the motion features derived from the optical flow information.

Abstract: An electronic device may include an integrated circuit (IC) including a switch and a plurality of paths that may include a first transmit (Tx) path, a second Tx path, a first receive (Rx) path, and a second Rx path; a first antenna electrically connected with the first Tx path from among the plurality of paths; a second antenna electrically connectable with the second Tx path or the second Rx path from among the plurality of paths via the switch; a third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path from among the plurality of paths; and at least one processor operably coupled with the IC.