Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes: receiving an image, in which a first atlas for a basic view of a current image and a second atlas for an additional view of the current image are merged; extracting an image divided in a predetermined image unit within the first atlas and the second atlas; dividing the first atlas and the second atlas in the predetermined image unit; and reconstructing the image divided in the predetermined image unit, wherein the dividing of the first atlas and the second atlas in the predetermined image unit may non-uniformly divide the first atlas and the second atlas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a locking device for a walk-in seat of a vehicle capable of stably maintaining the locked state of the walk-in seat prior to a walk-in operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a locking device for a walk-in seat of a vehicle capable of stably maintaining the locked state of the walk-in seat prior to a walk-in operation (that is, the locked state of a drive plate for the walk-in operation of the seat) even if the engagement between the drive plate and a pawl is released due to deformation caused by a torsional load applied to a connection frame of the seat by additionally providing a separate component configured to prevent the drive plate from being rotated in an unlocking direction when a load is applied to a seat belt buckle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a locking device for a walk-in seat of a vehicle, the locking device including a drive plate coupled to a connection frame interconnecting a side frame with a seatback frame and configured to move the connection frame to a walk-in position when performing walk-in operation, a pawl mounted on the connection frame and configured to lock or unlock the drive plate depending on whether the walk-in operation is performed, a locking lever mounted on the connection frame and configured to rotate the pawl in a direction of locking or unlocking the drive plate, and a pressing shaft fixed to a lower end of a seat belt buckle and laterally protruding to be coupled to the connection frame, and configured to apply a load to the pawl in a direction of locking the pawl to the drive plate due to the load applied to the seat belt buckle.

Abstract: An array microfluidic chip includes a chip mainbody, a transparent hydrophilic membrane, and a covering sheet. The chip mainbody includes a sample loading well and a plurality of reaction wells. The reaction wells are respectively connected to the sample loading well and arranged in an array form. The transparent hydrophilic membrane is disposed on the chip mainbody and covers the reaction wells. The transparent hydrophilic membrane includes a plurality of air pores and a first opening. The air pores are respectively connected to one of the reaction wells. The covering sheet covers the air pores and includes an adhesive element and a vent hole. The covering sheet, the adhesive element and the transparent hydrophilic membrane are stacked to form a vent space.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting live Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a sample. The method of the present disclosure can rapidly detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis, identify live Mycobacterium tuberculosis, greatly reduce the required reagents and biological samples, and simplify the experimental procedure and time.

Abstract: An inner shroud block component for a gas turbine. The inner shroud block has a surface with a plurality of wells formed therein. An array of protuberances extend away from a base surface of each of the wells. The array of protuberances produces convective cooling of the inner shroud block, resulting in increased cooling of the inner shroud block and better part life. The increased cooling capacity also allows the turbine to operate at higher temperatures, which results in additional power generation.

Abstract: Provided is a method of data storage, the method including receiving a write request including a user key, determining the user key exists in a cache, generating or updating metadata corresponding to the user key, writing data corresponding to the write request to a storage device, converting the metadata to a device format corresponding to the storage device, and storing the metadata on the storage device.

Abstract: This application relates to a vehicle and method for generating a map corresponding to a three-dimensional space. In one aspect, the vehicle includes a sensor unit configured to sense a three-dimensional space by using at least one sensor and output spatial information in a plurality of frames and a memory storing computer executable instructions. The vehicle may also include a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to predict a position of an object corresponding to a current frame by using an object movement model based on the plurality of frames, remove the object from the current frame based on the predicted position of the object, update a map database, which includes a predetermined number of previous frames, with the current frame from which the object is removed, and generate a map corresponding to the three-dimensional space based on the updated map database.

Abstract: A method and a system for verifying integrity of GPS position information according to a disclosed embodiment is a method performed in an unmanned moving object including one or more processors and a memory for storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors. The method includes an operation of performing an authentication process for a connected base station, by the unmanned moving object, an operation of measuring a position of the unmanned moving object by performing wireless communication with a plurality of authenticated base stations, and an operation of verifying the GPS position information by comparing a value of the measured position with a position value of the GPS position information received from a satellite.

Abstract: Propose is a tire including dissymmetric sipes of which vertical positions of channels are different from each other, the tire including a base tread part positioned on an edge of the tire to include a portion having a ring shape; a plurality of tread block parts formed on an outer surface of the base tread part; a groove part formed between the tread block parts; and a sipe part formed in at least one of the tread block parts, wherein the sipe part includes a rift part including a gap of the tread block part and a channel part connected to the rift part to have a greater width than the rift part, and vertical positions of the channel parts in at least two of the sipe parts may be different from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a method of data storage, the method including identifying a plurality of transactions in a pending queue, the transactions having one or more key value updates respectively corresponding to a plurality of keys, identifying a commonly associated key of the plurality of keys associated with commonly associated key value updates of the key value updates belonging to different ones of the transactions, respectively assigning transaction group IDs to the transactions based on respective transaction IDs assigned to the transaction group IDs, grouping the transactions into a respective transaction group of a plurality of transaction groups based on the assigned transaction group ID, and merging conflicting data writes corresponding to the commonly associated key value updates of the commonly associated key for grouped transactions of the transactions that are in a same one of the transaction groups.

Abstract: Proposed herein are a signal control apparatus and method. The signal control apparatus includes: a photographing unit configured to acquire a plurality of intersection images by capturing a plurality of intersections; a storage configured to store a program for the control of traffic signals; and a controller including at least one processor, and configured to calculate control information for the control of traffic lights at each of the plurality of intersections using the intersection images acquired through the photographing unit by executing the program. The controller calculates control information for the control of traffic lights at each of the plurality of intersections based on action information calculated by a plurality of agents by using a plurality of agents based on a reinforcement learning model trained by outputting action information for the control of traffic lights while using state information and a reward as input values.

Abstract: A battery analysis apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a site information generating unit configured to generate information of an energy storage system (ESS) site, a data collecting unit configured to collect state data of at least one battery included in the ESS site, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze a state of the battery based on the state data of the battery.

Abstract: A communication apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes a data collecting unit configured to obtain log information about a state of a battery from a battery management system that manages the battery, a first storing unit including reference log information for determining abnormality of the battery, and a diagnosing unit configured to diagnose abnormality of the battery by comparing the log information about the state of the battery with the reference log information.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; fan-out lines on the substrate; signal lines on the substrate, and spaced from the fan-out lines; and connection lines connecting the fan-out lines to the signal lines. The fan-out lines include: first fan-out lines of a first fan-out group; and second fan-out lines of a second fan-out group adjacent to the first fan-out group. An outermost first fan-out line of the first fan-out group that is located closest to the second fan-out group and an outermost second fan-out line of the second fan-out group that is located closest to the first fan-out group are connected to signal lines from among the signal lines, respectively, and a distance between the outermost first fan-out line and the outermost second fan-out line is greater than a distance between the signal lines respectively connected to the outermost first fan-out line and the outermost second fan-out line.

Abstract: A transparent display device includes a substrate on which a pixel including first, second, and third emission areas and first and second transparent areas arranged along a first direction is defined, a light-emitting diode disposed in each of the first, second, and third emission areas and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, and an auxiliary electrode extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and electrically connected to the second electrode. The first emission area and the auxiliary electrode are disposed between the first transparent area and the second transparent area, and the second transparent area includes a first portion between the first emission area and the second emission area. Further, the first transparent area has a higher transmittance than the second transparent area.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a battery protection circuit package according to one aspect of the present invention includes forming a first mounting structure by mounting battery protection circuit elements on a printed circuit board (PCB), forming a second mounting structure by mounting the first mounting structure on a lead frame which comprises an input/output terminal portion for external connection and at least one metal tab for battery cell connection, forming an encapsulation structure by encapsulating the second mounting structure with a molding material to encapsulate at least a part of the battery protection circuit elements while exposing the input/output terminal portion and the at least one metal tab of the lead frame, and bonding at least one flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) to the input/output terminal portion of the encapsulation structure.

Abstract: A display device includes a metal layer disposed on a substrate; a transistor disposed on the metal layer; and a light emitting element electrically connected to the transistor, wherein the transistor includes a semiconductor layer at least partially overlapping the metal layer, the semiconductor layer includes a first region, a second region, and a channel region disposed between the first region and the second region, and the metal layer overlaps the second region and the channel region and is spaced apart from the first region in a plan view.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus and a processing method of video stream are provided. In the method, at least one encoding unit is formed in an image frame, sub-encoding units in multiple encoding units of an image sequence are encoded according to a correlation between a first sub-encoding unit and a second sub-encoding unit in the sub-encoding units, and a video stream is generated according to an encoded result of the image sequence. The image frame is an image of the image sequence, and each of the encoding units records encoding information of a belonging block.

Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes: a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a connection pattern on the substrate, the connection pattern including a same material as the first electrode, a bank covering edges of the first electrode and the connection pattern, a light-emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the light-emitting layer, the bank, and the connection pattern, and an auxiliary pattern between the connection pattern and the second electrode, the auxiliary pattern including one or more of: a metal oxide, conductive nanoparticles, and a work function-modifying polymer.