Abstract: A self-organizing network (SON) and an operating method of the SON. An operating method of a base station in the SON includes receiving a parameter setting message including a first version identification (ID) and setting values of parameters, storing the setting values to match the first version ID, and setting parameters of the base station based on the setting values.

Abstract: A fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame having a through hole, a semiconductor chip disposed in the through hole and including connection pads, an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer disposed on the frame and the semiconductor chip and including a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first via and a second via, electrically connected to one of the connection pads, disposed in different layers, and connected by a wiring pattern, are disposed. In the second region, a third via and a fourth via, electrically connected to another of the connection pads, disposed in different layers, and connected by the wiring pattern, are disposed. A distance between axes of the first via and the second via is shorter than a distance between axes of the third via and the fourth via.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method comprises forming active patterns on a substrate that includes first and second logic cell regions adjacent to each other in a first direction, and forming on the substrate a device isolation layer exposing upper portions of the active patterns. The forming the active patterns comprises forming first line mask patterns extending parallel to each other in the first direction and running across the first and second logic cell regions, forming on the first line mask patterns an upper separation mask pattern including a first opening overlapping at least two of the first line mask patterns, forming first hardmask patterns from the at least two first line mask patterns, and etching the substrate to form trenches defining the active patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multipurpose assistance lamp in which a lighting unit includes a transparent film and a casing plate, which have a curved surface, respectively, and are disposed on a front surface and a back surface of an OLED lighting sheet having a curved surface, a rotary body is coupled to one end portion of the lighting unit so as to support the lighting unit, and a circuit part and a battery for operating the OLED lighting sheet are provided in a base that is hingedly coupled to the rotary body, thereby reducing or minimizing a thickness by adopting an OLED as a light source, and providing light having improved brightness.

Abstract: A steering control method and device for autonomous vehicles is provided. The steering control method includes sensing traffic lanes on a road on which a vehicle is being driven and deriving a vanishing point positioned on lines extending from the traffic lanes. A sensitivity of a steering angle that corresponds to a vertical coordinate of the vanishing point in a matrix and an initial steering angle that corresponds to a horizontal coordinate are then determined. Further, a steering control value that corresponds to the initial steering angle and the sensitivity of the steering angle are determined.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting a pedestrian by a vehicle during night driving are provided, in which the apparatus includes: a first camera configured to take a first image including color information of a vicinity of the vehicle during night driving; a second camera configured to take a second image including thermal distribution information of the vicinity of the vehicle; a pedestrian detector configured to detect a non-pedestrian area by using the color information from the first image and detect a pedestrian area by excluding the non-pedestrian area from the second image; and a display configured to match and display the pedestrian area on the second image.

Abstract: Provided is a tape dispenser that easily cuts a tape. A tape dispenser includes a drum mounted with a tape roll, a frame supporting the drum, a guide roller rotatably disposed in the frame and guiding a tape at a front side of the drum, and a cutter blade disposed at a front end of a support of the frame and cutting the tape. Here, the cutter blade includes side ends extending in a tape extending direction from a front end on which a plurality of cutting protrusions are formed, and the front end of the cutter blade inclines with respect to the side ends.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method comprises forming active patterns on a substrate that includes first and second logic cell regions adjacent to each other in a first direction, and forming on the substrate a device isolation layer exposing upper portions of the active patterns. The forming the active patterns comprises forming first line mask patterns extending parallel to each other in the first direction and running across the first and second logic cell regions, forming on the first line mask patterns an upper separation mask pattern including a first opening overlapping at least two of the first line mask patterns, forming first hardmask patterns from the at least two first line mask patterns, and etching the substrate to form trenches defining the active patterns.

Abstract: An autonomous driving control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes recognizing accuracy of a map within the vehicle and determining an available autonomous driving level. Sensor coverage of the vehicle is recognized and an available autonomous driving level for each section among the available autonomous driving levels is determined. A path with autonomous driving level indicated thereon among driving paths is then recommended according to a destination set in the map, and autonomous driving level calculation information is updated in real-time according to a selected path and autonomous information is provided to a driver.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for recognizing a position of a vehicle including: a lane-based position recognition device configured to extract correction information about a heading angle and a lateral position of the vehicle by comparing measured lane information with lane information on an accurate map; a LiDAR-based position recognition device that extracts correction information about a position of the vehicle by detecting an area in consideration of surrounding vehicles and obstacles measured through a LiDAR sensor; and a position assemble device configured to assemble a position based on the correction information about the heading angle and the lateral position of the vehicle, correction information about a heading angle, a longitudinal position and a lateral position of the vehicle from the LiDAR sensor, and correction information about a heading angle, a longitudinal position and a lateral position of the vehicle from GPS.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first area and a second area, light emitting elements arranged in the first area, connecting pads arranged in the second area, a thin film encapsulation layer arranged on the light emitting elements, a second substrate including a third area and a fourth area, sensing pads arranged in the fourth area, a touch sensor layer including sensing electrodes arranged in the third area and sensing lines connected between the sensing electrodes and the sensing pads, an interlayer arranged between the thin film encapsulation layer and the touch sensor layer, and a conductive member connected between the connecting pads and the sensing pads.

Abstract: There is provided a multipurpose disaster safety lantern including a top body in which a lighting light emitting diode (LED) is accommodated, and which has a reflective guide and a lens configured to direct a light beam radiated from the lighting LED and is formed of rubber having elasticity, an air discharge protrusion which is arranged on aside surface of the top body to communicate with a space between a front surface of the top body and the lens and is formed of rubber having elasticity, and an inside of which is empty, a main body which is coupled to the top body and which forms a body of the lantern, and at least one first LED bar provided on a surface of the main body along a longitudinal direction of the main body.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a pedestrian collision accident, a system having the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a pedestrian sensing unit that senses a pedestrian moving into a dangerous area and calculates velocity and direction information of the pedestrian. A communication unit transmits the velocity and direction information of the pedestrian to a surrounding vehicle. A time-to-collision (TTC) calculating unit calculates a TTC using velocity and direction information of a subject vehicle and second velocity and direction information of the pedestrian, when the TTC calculating unit receives the second velocity and direction information of the pedestrian from another vehicle. A controller outputs based on the TTC a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle or the pedestrian.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first area and a second area, light emitting elements arranged in the first area, connecting pads arranged in the second area, a thin film encapsulation layer arranged on the light emitting elements, a second substrate including a third area and a fourth area, sensing pads arranged in the fourth area, a touch sensor layer including sensing electrodes arranged in the third area and sensing lines connected between the sensing electrodes and the sensing pads, an interlayer arranged between the thin film encapsulation layer and the touch sensor layer, and a conductive member connected between the connecting pads and the sensing pads.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lane estimating apparatus and method. The apparatus includes: a lane determiner, an obstacle position calculator, a vehicle position corrector, and a lane estimator. The lane determiner compares a first lane detected by a first sensor with a lane on an actual road or a second lane on a local map to determine reliability of the first lane. The obstacle position calculator detects, when the reliability of the detected first lane is less than a preset reference, a first obstacle in the vicinity of a vehicle and a second obstacle on the local map, and calculates a difference between slopes and positions of straight lines extracted from the first obstacle and the second obstacle. The vehicle position corrector corrects a heading direction and a position of the vehicle based on the difference between the slopes and positions of the straight lines. In addition, the lane estimator estimates a driving lane on the local map.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.

Abstract: A system and method for filtering LiDAR data is provided. The system includes a LiDAR data collector that is configured to collect the LiDAR data from a LiDAR and store the LiDAR data in a matrix structure. A noise point determiner is configured to determine whether a first filtering condition for determining whether a point within a predetermined reference distance in the LiDAR data is present, a second filtering condition for determining whether a present point adjacent to a left and right by a reference of a reference point in the matrix structure is a first reference value or less, and a third filtering condition for determining whether a present point adjacent to a top and bottom by the reference of the reference point is a second reference value or less are satisfied.

Abstract: A fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame having a through hole, a semiconductor chip disposed in the through hole and including connection pads, an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer disposed on the frame and the semiconductor chip and including a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first via and a second via, electrically connected to one of the connection pads, disposed in different layers, and connected by a wiring pattern, are disposed. In the second region, a third via and a fourth via, electrically connected to another of the connection pads, disposed in different layers, and connected by the wiring pattern, are disposed. A distance between axes of the first via and the second via is shorter than a distance between axes of the third via and the fourth via.

Abstract: A fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame having a through hole, a semiconductor chip disposed in the through hole and including connection pads, an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the frame and the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer disposed on the frame and the semiconductor chip and including a first region and a second region. In the first region, a first via and a second via, electrically connected to one of the connection pads, disposed in different layers, and connected by a wiring pattern, are disposed. In the second region, a third via and a fourth via, electrically connected to another of the connection pads, disposed in different layers, and connected by the wiring pattern, are disposed. A distance between axes of the first via and the second via is shorter than a distance between axes of the third via and the fourth via.

Abstract: A base station of a carrier aggregation system performs interference control of a first component carrier in which interference exceeds a threshold value among a plurality of component carriers based on an ABS pattern and changes the first component carrier to an available new component carrier, when interference of the first component carrier exceeds a threshold value after the interference control is performed.