Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light output portion for successively outputting a first output light signal and a second output light signal, which are emitted to an object, during a single period; a lens portion for concentrating a first input light signal and a second input light signal, which are reflected from the object, the lens portion comprising an infrared (IR) filter and at least one lens disposed on the IR filter; an image sensor for generating a first electric signal and a second electric signal from the first input light signal and the second input light signal, which have been concentrated by the lens portion; a tilting portion for shifting optical paths of the first input light signal and the second input light signal according to a predetermined rule; and an image control portion for acquiring depth information of the object by using the first electric signal and a phase difference between the first output light signal and the first input light

Abstract: A method includes forming a multi-layered reflective layer over a substrate; depositing a metal capping layer over the multi-layered reflective layer; depositing a first metal oxide layer over the metal capping layer; depositing a metal nitride layer over the first metal oxide layer; depositing a second metal oxide layer over the metal nitride layer; forming a plurality of features on the second metal oxide layer and the metal nitride layer.

Abstract: An inductor device includes a first inductor, a second inductor, and at least one switch circuit. The second inductor is arranged to enclose the first inductor, and use a topmost layer metal to resist external interference for the first inductor. The at least one switch circuit is coupled to the second inductor, and is arranged to receive at least one control voltage, wherein the at least one control voltage is arranged to adjust conduction degree of the at least one switch circuit.

Abstract: A lipstick case is proposed, such that it is advantageous in that not only is outer air prevented from infiltrating into the lipstick case when the lipstick is not used, but any contact between the lipstick and air is also suppressed, thereby preventing degradation of the lipstick.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. Coding decision information of a representative channel of a target block is shared as coding decision information of a target channel of the target block, and decoding of the target block is performed using the coding decision information of the target channel. Since the coding decision information of the representative channel is shared with an additional channel, repeated signaling of identical coding decision information may be prevented. By means of this prevention, the efficiency of encoding and decoding of the target block or the like may be improved.

Abstract: A flavoring sheet with an enhanced flavor holding amount and flavor retention and a smoking article including the same are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, an emulsifier, and a fat-soluble flavoring. The emulsifier may serve as a cross-link between the water-soluble hydrocolloid material and the fat-soluble flavoring and increase a flavor holding amount and flavor retention of the flavoring sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery monitoring method, which is performed by a battery monitoring device, including: measuring a first voltage drop across both ends of a first shunt resistor of a bus bar electrically connected to a battery and a second voltage drop across both ends of a second shunt resistor, which is in parallel or serial connection with the first shunt resistor; calculating a first current and a second current flowing, respectively, through the first shunt resistor and the second shunt resistor using a first voltage drop value and a second voltage drop value; and determining a state of the battery using a difference between a first current value and a second current value. According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the reliability of monitoring information related to the battery's state by utilizing current values that have undergone linearity compensation and temperature compensation.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing a consumable level monitor for association with a solid content-filled consumable. The embodiments may include a sensing module embedded in a label associated with the consumable suitable to sense the consumable level; and a visual indicator suitable to receive the consumable level from the sensing module, and for communicating the consumable level to a user.

Abstract: A switching element comprising: a first gate dielectric layer formed over a substrate; a second gate dielectric layer formed over the first gate dielectric layer to overlap a part of the first gate dielectric layer, and including a ferroelectric material; a second gate electrode formed over the second gate dielectric layer; and a first gate electrode located between the first and second gate dielectric layers, and configured to control the second gate dielectric layer to selectively have negative capacitance.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a photomask includes selectively exposing portions of a photomask blank to radiation to change an optical property of the portions of the photomask blank exposed to the radiation, thereby forming a pattern of exposed portions of the photomask blank and unexposed portions of the photomask blank. The pattern corresponds to a pattern of semiconductor device features.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are disclosed. The image decoding method includes acquiring prediction mode information of a current block from a bitstream, deriving a prediction mode of the current block using the prediction mode information of the current block, acquiring information indicating whether a residual signal of a transform block for the current block is present based on at least one of information on partitioning of the current block or the prediction mode of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the information indicating whether the residual signal of the transform block is present.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing a consumable level monitor for association with a content-filled consumable. The embodiments may include a sensing module suitable to sense the consumable level; and a communications module suitable for receiving the consumable level from the sensing module, and for communicating the consumable level to a user.

Abstract: A camera module according to the present embodiment comprises: a light-emitting unit for outputting light to an object; a filter allowing the light to pass therethrough; at least one sheet of lens disposed on the filter and condensing the light reflected from the object; a sensor including a plurality of pixels aligned in an array and generating an electrical signal from the light condensed by the lens; and a tilt unit for tilting the filter such that an optical path of the light having passed through the filter is repeatedly moved according to a predetermined rule, wherein the tilt unit includes: a tilting driver for generating an output signal synchronized with an exposure cycle of the sensor on the basis of a trigger signal input from the sensor; and a tilting actuator for tilting the filter diagonally by the output signal.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing representative sample-based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein the intra prediction is representative sample-based prediction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensor for sensing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) activity and use thereof, and in particular, to a FRET-based biosensor, which simultaneously detects binding of an antigen-binding receptor domain to a cancer antigen and consequent activation of T cells, and a method of screening for CAR activity in a live cell by using the FRET-based biosensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of coding units, constructing a coding unit group including at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units, obtaining coding information in units of one coding unit group, and decoding at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units included in the coding unit group by using the obtained coding information.

Abstract: A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, a composition for an organic optoelectronic device including the same, an organic optoelectronic device, and a display device, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1:

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a channel region; a gate dielectric layer on the channel region; a first work function tuning layer on the gate dielectric layer, the first work function tuning layer including a n-type work function metal; a barrier layer on the first work function tuning layer; a second work function tuning layer on the barrier layer, the second work function tuning layer including a p-type work function metal, the p-type work function metal different from the n-type work function metal; and a fill layer on the second work function tuning layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device which includes a dynamic vision sensor that includes a first pixel sensing a change in light intensity and generates an event signal based on the sensed change in light intensity, an illuminance estimator that estimates illuminance of a light, and a time delay compensator that calculates a time delay between a first time at which the change in light intensity occurs and a second time at which the first pixel senses the change in light intensity, based on the illuminance of the light, and to compensate for the time delay.