Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating multiple-ranking using pairwise comparative data, the method according to one embodiment comprising the steps of: inputting information for pairwise comparative data as input; and generating multiple-ranking data on the basis of the input data, wherein the input data comprises a collection of a plurality of respondents, a collection of a plurality of items, and a collection of a plurality of pairwise comparative data for the plurality of items, and each item of pairwise comparative data in the plurality of same is data indicating the preference between two items determined in accordance with an evaluation criterion from among a plurality of evaluation criteria.

Abstract: A spoken language understanding apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a slot tagging module including: a morpheme analysis unit configured to analyze morphemes with respect to an uttered sentence, a slot tagging unit configured to tag slots corresponding to a semantic entity from a plurality of input tokens generated according to the analyzed morphemes, and a slot name conversion unit configured to convert phrases corresponding to the tagged slots into delexicalized slot names based on neighboring contextual information; and a language generation module configured to generate a combined sequence by combining the delexicalized slot names based on the plurality of input tokens.

Abstract: Provided is a method of isolating biochemical molecules on a microarray substrate, the method including providing a microarray substrate to which clusters of different kinds of biochemical molecules being classified by individual spot units are attached, the individual spots being regularly arranged thereon; obtaining location information of the individual spot in which a desired cluster among clusters of the biochemical molecules locates; locating an extraction tool for applying energy to isolate the desired cluster according to the location information; and isolating the desired cluster from the microarray substrate by applying energy in a contact or non-contact manner using the extraction tool.

Abstract: A processor-implemented posture determination method includes: estimating a rotational acceleration of a timepoint based on an angular velocity measured by a first sensor at the timepoint and a determined center of rotation of a previous timepoint; correcting an acceleration measured by a second sensor at the timepoint based on the rotational acceleration; and determining a center of rotation of the timepoint and a posture of the timepoint based on the corrected acceleration and an estimated posture of the timepoint.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a metal nanostructure having a chiral structure. The method for manufacturing a metal nanostructure comprises: preparing a first mixture solution by mixing a metal precursor, a surfactant, and a reducing agent; preparing a second mixture solution by adding a peptide to the first mixture solution; and preparing a metal nanostructure having a chiral structure by adding a metal seed particle to the second mixture solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound data processing system including a plurality of sound collecting terminals and a server. Each of the plurality of sound collecting terminals includes: a sound collecting means that collects a sound and has an orientation direction, and a communication module that transmits sound data corresponding to the sound collected by the sound collecting means and supplementary data including position data of a position of a corresponding sound collecting terminal and orientation direction data corresponding to the orientation direction of the sound collecting means via a network. The server receives the sound data and the supplementary data transmitted by the plurality of sound collecting terminals through the network and determines a position of a source that emits the sound collected by the sound collecting means on the basis of the sound data and the supplementary data.

Abstract: A probe includes a working channel, at least one optical element provided in the working channel and configured to acquire a spectral image of surface information of an object, and an ultrasonic transducer arranged in the working channel and configured to acquire an ultrasonic image of depth information of the target and move with respect to the at least one optical element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent resveratrone [(E)-4-(6,8-dihydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)but-3-en-2-one] and its derivatives having Formula 1 and a method for preparing the same by a photochemical reaction of resveratrol and its derivatives which are not fluorescent having Formula 7 or Formula 8. The new fluorescent compounds of the present invention has single-photon absorptive characteristics and/or two-photon absorptive characteristics as well as no or little toxicity according to a cytotoxicity test and can be usefully utilized in the field of organic fluorescent element, display element, spectrometer, two-photon absorptive storing device, laser micro processing apparatus, photo dynamic therapy apparatus and the like.

Abstract: A home robot device includes a memory, a movement module, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute a motion based on specified motion execution information stored in the memory, obtain feedback information of a user, generate modified motion execution information by modifying at least a portion of the specified motion execution information based on the feedback information of the user, where the modified motion execution information includes a movement value of at least one joint unit of the home robot device or at least one support linked to the at least one joint unit selected from a probability model of the specified motion execution information, and execute a motion of the home robot device based on the modified motion execution information.

Abstract: An authentication method and apparatus using a transformation model are disclosed. The authentication method includes generating, at a first apparatus, a first enrolled feature based on a first feature extractor, obtaining a second enrolled feature to which the first enrolled feature is transformed, determining an input feature by extracting a feature from input data with a second feature extractor different from the first feature extractor, and performing an authentication based on the second enrolled feature and the input feature.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a technique of adjusting a gate voltage to be applied to at least one MOS capacitor and an amount of electric charges to be stored in the MOS capacitor so as to determine a sensitivity of a change in the amount of electric charges stored in the MOS capacitor, and exposing the MOS capacitor to an electric filed for a predetermined amount of time and then reading an electron inflow or outflow result due to the electric field so as to interpret the intensity and the direction of the electric field, thereby measuring the intensity and the direction of the electric field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood pump. The blood pump according to the present invention includes: a housing including an inlet, through which blood flows, at an upper part of the housing and an outlet, through which the blood is discharged, along an edge of the housing; an impeller part, which is rotatable and disposed inside the housing, including a plurality of blades on the surface thereof so as to move the blood flowing in through the inlet toward the outlet by using a centrifugal force; a rotary shaft member disposed to penetrate the center part of the impeller part so as to support the impeller part to be rotatable which moves the blood to the lower part thereof; and a magnetic body disposed on the impeller part for rotating the impeller part in a predetermined direction according to a change in a magnetic field outside the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound data processing system including a plurality of sound collecting terminals and a server. Each of the plurality of sound collecting terminals includes: a sound collecting means that collects a sound and has an orientation direction, and a communication module that transmits sound data corresponding to the sound collected by the sound collecting means and supplementary data including position data of a position of a corresponding sound collecting terminal and orientation direction data corresponding to the orientation direction of the sound collecting means via a network. The server receives the sound data and the supplementary data transmitted by the plurality of sound collecting terminals through the network and determines a position of a source that emits the sound collected by the sound collecting means on the basis of the sound data and the supplementary data.

Abstract: An electrowetting device which includes a polarizable liquid; and a nonpolar solution separated from the polarizable liquid by an interface. The polarizable liquid may include a polar solvent, an organic acid, and ammonium hydroxide having at least one alkyl group.

Abstract: Provided is an organic photoelectronic device including a first light-transmitting electrode positioned at a light incidence side, a second light-transmitting electrode facing the first light-transmitting electrode, a photoactive layer positioned between the first light-transmitting electrode and the second light-transmitting electrode and selectively absorbing light in a given (or, alternatively, desired or predetermined) wavelength region, and a selective light transmittance layer positioned between the first light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer, between the second light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer, or between the first light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer and between the second light-transmitting electrode and the photoactive layer and increasing transmittance of the light in a wavelength region other than the given (or, alternatively, desired or predetermined) wavelength region absorbed by the photoactive layer, and an electronic device including th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescence sensor capable of real-time imaging for measuring a cellular thiol level. The present invention reveals that the fluorescence intensity of the fluorescent real-time SH group-tracer (FreSH-Tracer) of the present invention increases or decreases continuously, ratiometrically or reversibly depending on the thiol level in living cells, and thus can be usefully used as a biosensor which is remarkably susceptible to quantitative or qualitative real-time detection of the cellular thiol level in living cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating pluripotent/multipotent stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood, characterized by culturing mononuclear cells isolated from umbilical cord blood in a culture vessel containing fibronectin and then harvesting stem cells from the culture, the umbilical cord blood-derived pluripotent/multipotent stem cells isolated thereby; and a cell therapeutic agent containing the pluripotent/multipotent stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood or cells differentiated therefrom. The present invention also relates to a novel culture media for stem cells, a culture method for stem cells which is characterized by culturing and proliferating stem cells in the culture media, and a method for increasing sternness of stem cells which is characterized by a sphere culture or a three-dimensional culture of stem cells.

Abstract: A processor-implemented object detection method is provided. The method receives an input image, generates a latent variable that indicates a feature distribution of the input image, and detects an object in the input image based on the generated latent variable.

Abstract: A sound data processing system includes a plurality of sound collecting terminals and a server, wherein each of the plurality of sound collecting terminals and each of the plurality of sound providing terminals includes a sound collecting means that collects a sound while having a position and an orientation direction, a sound providing means that provides a sound while having an orientation direction, a position detecting means that detects the positions of the sound collecting means and the sound providing means, a direction detecting means that detects the orientation directions, and a communication module that transmits sound data corresponding to the sound collected by the sound collecting means and supplementary data including position data corresponding to the position detected by the position detecting means and orientation direction data corresponding to the orientation direction detected by the direction detecting means and through a network.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ego motion estimation method and apparatus, wherein the apparatus calculates a scene flow field from a plurality of spaces of an input image, clusters the plurality of spaces based on a scene flow, updates a probability vector map for clustered spaces, identifies a stationary background based on the updated probability vector map, and estimates ego motion information based on the identified stationary background.