Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor package, for example a package-on-package type semiconductor device package. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide high-yield methods for manufacturing a package-on-package type semiconductor package, or a portion thereof.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer; and a first retardation layer and a second retardation layer sequentially stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer, and the first retardation layer has an in-plane retardation of about 180 nm to about 220 nm at a wavelength of about 550 nm; and the second retardation layer has an in-plane retardation of about 80 nm to about 100 nm at a wavelength of about 550 nm.

Abstract: A battery module which uses a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) to provide a transmission path of information on the voltage or temperature thereof sensed by a bus bar. The battery module may have a smaller size in a height direction compared to a case of using a rigid printed circuit board (RPCB) or a wire instead of the FPCB to provide the transmission path of the information on the voltage or temperature, and may thus have improved energy efficiency per volume.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a glass layer, a through-hole penetrating through the glass layer, a seed layer provided along an inner wall of the through-hole, and a through-via disposed on the seed layer and filling the through-hole. The seed layer includes a carbon-based conductive material.

Abstract: A central monitoring system using artificial ventilators, comprises: a plurality of artificial ventilators positioned inside a hospital room in a ward and connected to the respiratory tracts of a plurality of patients recovering inside the hospital room, so as to supply oxygen to the plurality of patients; an image-capturing unit positioned inside the hospital room so as to capture the plurality of patients in real time; a communication unit for receiving a plurality of pieces of patient condition information transmitted from the plurality of artificial ventilators and patient-capturing information transmitted from the image-capturing unit; and a communication connection unit for connecting the plurality of artificial ventilators and the communication unit, and transmitting, to the communication unit, the plurality of pieces of patient condition information transmitted from the plurality of artificial ventilators.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for estimating a camera pose. The method includes dividing an input image received from a camera into a plurality of regions, dividing the plurality of regions into a first detection zone for detecting a vanishing point or a roll and a second detection zone for detecting the roll, extracting a representative feature from features of the input image by using a filter generated in advance for each of the plurality of regions based on a design value of the camera, calculating a feature error of each of the first detection zone and the second detection zone based on the representative feature, and estimating a pose of the camera based on the feature error.

Abstract: A separator for secondary batteries including a separator substrate having a porous structure, wherein the separator substrate comprises a polymer material. A coating layer is present on at least one surface of the separator substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a crystalline binder and an amorphous binder miscible with each other. The crystalline binder includes a first crystalline binder and a second crystalline binder, and an amount of the amorphous binder is 2 weight % to 5 weight % based on the total weight of a solid content of the coating layer, whereby the resistance in the coating layer of the separator is reduced and thus ionic conductivity is improved.

Abstract: A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer including a first via hole; a first via disposed in the first via hole of the insulating layer; wherein the first via includes: a first via part disposed in a first region of the first via hole; and a second via part disposed in a second region other than the first region of the first via hole; wherein the second region is a central region of the first via hole, and the first region is an outer region surrounding the second region; wherein the first via part and the second via part includes: a first surface in contact with each other; and a second surface other than the first surface exposed on the insulating layer; wherein the first surface has a first surface roughness; wherein the second surface has a second surface roughness different from the first surface roughness.

Abstract: A method by which a server controls plural devices includes receiving a trigger signal generated by a sensor in a home in response to a mobile device being present at a specific location in the home, determining devices corresponding to the specific location by using the trigger signal, receiving context information indicating a situation of a user from the mobile device, selecting context information related to operations of the determined devices from among the received context information by using keywords respectively related to the devices, each of the operations corresponding to each of the devices, and providing the selected context information to the devices respectively so that each of the devices performs the operations.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus using plasma capable of efficiently controlling the selectivity ratio of a silicon layer and an oxide layer is provided. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a first space disposed between an electrode and an ion blocker; a second space disposed between the ion blocker and a shower head; a processing space under the shower head for processing a substrate; a first supply hole for providing a first gas for generating plasma to the first space; a second supply hole for providing a second gas to be mixed with an effluent of the plasma to the second space; and a first coating layer formed on a first surface of the shower head facing the second space, not formed on a second surface of the shower head facing the processing space, and containing nickel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance. In the present disclosure, a cavity may be formed inside the casing, and a plurality of heat source modules may be arranged inside the casing. Additionally, a distance sensor is arranged on an upper surface of the casing to measure a distance to the food placed inside the cavity. In this way, information on the height or thickness of the food may be obtained through the distance sensor disposed in the casing, and the distance sensor may ensure an accurate measurement angle at the upper portion of the casing.

Abstract: In a driving video recording system and a manufacturing method of the same, the driving video recording system includes a camera module for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle; then first memory for storing a video transmitted from the camera module; the second memory for storing a computer program for controlling the storage of the video; and a controller including a processor for executing the computer program, wherein the computer program includes a contamination classification deep training network model, and the processor is configured to determine whether video data obtained by the camera module through the deep-learning network model is contaminated through the execution of the computer program.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit pattern on the insulating layer, and a surface treatment layer on the circuit pattern. The surface treatment layer includes a bottom surface having a width wider than a width of a top surface of the circuit pattern.

Abstract: The present technology includes a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a first channel pattern and a second channel pattern each extending in a vertical direction and facing each other, a channel separation pattern formed between the first channel pattern and the second channel pattern and extending in the vertical direction, a stack including conductive patterns each surrounding the first channel pattern, the second channel pattern, and the channel separation pattern and stacked apart from each other in the vertical direction, a first memory pattern disposed between each of the conductive patterns and the first channel pattern, and a second memory pattern disposed between each of the conductive patterns and the second channel pattern.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating a vanishing point are provided. The method includes receiving an input image and estimating a vanishing point for the input image, using an artificial intelligence network pre-trained by vanishing point ground truth (GT) data generated based on real image data. Estimating the vanishing point includes estimating a depth map or an optical flow map for the input image, estimating a gradient map for the depth map or the optical flow map, and estimating the vanishing point for the input image based on the gradient map and a predetermined reference gradient map.

Abstract: A non-contact interface device for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same, may display an operation system menu for a driver and passengers to operate various kinds of devices of the vehicle as a hologram, enable a user to operate the displayed operation system menu in a non-contact manner by use of the user's finger or the like, and provide the user with a tactile feedback for a non-contact operation, so that the user can recognize whether to have operated the menu.

Abstract: Provided is a polarizing plate and an optical display device comprising same, the polarizing plate comprising: a polarizer; and a stack body of a first phase difference layer and a second phase difference layer stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer, wherein the first phase difference layer satisfies Equation 1, the second phase difference layer satisfies Equation 2, the sum of an in-plane phase difference at a wavelength of 550 nm between the first phase difference layer and the second phase difference layer is about 100 nm to about 110 nm, the sum of a thickness direction phase difference at a wavelength of 550 nm between the first phase difference layer and the second phase difference layer is about ?30 nm to about +10 nm, and the second phase difference layer comprises a fluorine-based phase difference layer.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for encoding/decoding a moving picture based on adaptive scanning. The moving picture apparatus and method can increase a compression rate based on adaptive scanning by performing intra prediction onto blocks of a predetermined size, and scanning coefficients acquired from Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) of a residue signal and quantization differently according to the intra prediction mode. The moving picture encoding apparatus includes: a mode selector for selecting and outputting a prediction mode; a predictor for predicting pixel values of pixels to be encoded of an input video based on the prediction mode to thereby output a residue signal block; a transform/quantization unit for performing DCT onto the residue signal block and quantizing the transformed residue signal block; and an encoder for adaptively scanning and encoding the quantized residue signal block based on the prediction mode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a drain, a source, a gate electrode, and a nanowire between the source and drain. The nanowire has a first section with a first thickness and a second section with a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The second section is between the first section and at least one of the source or drain. The first nanowire includes a channel when a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.

Abstract: A first embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate which is disposed on the first substrate; a first stiffener which is disposed at the second substrate; an image sensor which is disposed at the first stiffener; a connection substrate which connects the first substrate and the second substrate to each other; and a drive unit which moves the image sensor with respect to the first substrate, wherein the first stiffener comprises: a first surface at which the image sensor is disposed; a second surface which is opposite to the first surface; and a plurality of grooves which are formed at the second surface and spaced apart from each other.