Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat-conducting needle for acupuncture in which heat conduction occurs only in the needle body area involved in the treatment during oriental medicine treatment and includes a needle body formed of a metal material with relatively high conductivity to be inserted into human tissue, a needle grip fixed to a rear end of the needle body to form a grip for procedure, and a non-conductive holding cover detachably coupled to the needle grip to cover the needle grip or covering the needle grip together with a portion of the needle grip and made of a material having relatively low conductivity.

Abstract: A home appliance includes an electrical equipment compartment disposed in an upper portion of the home appliance, and including an upper side that is open, an electrical equipment compartment cover to cover the open upper side of the electrical equipment compartment, and including a speaker hole, a microphone accommodating portion which protrudes upward from an upper side of the electrical equipment compartment cover and including an accommodating space and a front portion that includes microphone holes laterally spaced apart from each other and which face toward a front of the home appliance, a microphone unit including a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the accommodation space behind the microphone holes and including microphone chips mounted on the PCB, and a speaker unit disposed in the electrical equipment compartment to correspond to the speaker hole.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes an emission layer, and the emission layer includes at least one light-emitting material represented by one of Formulas 1 and 2. The organic layer further includes at least one hole-transporting material represented by one of Formulas 2(1) and 2(2).

Abstract: An embodiment device includes a housing, an actuator mounted in the housing, the actuator configured to be operated in response to a connection state of a charging plug, a drive shaft configured to be rotated in conjunction with an operation of the actuator, a lever arm rotatably provided outside the housing and connected to the drive shaft to be rotated together with the drive shaft, and a brush unit seated on the lever arm and configured to remove debris between the housing and the lever arm while being in contact with the housing during operation of the lever arm.

Abstract: A battery module is proposed. The battery module includes a plurality of battery sub-modules, and a front cover part configured to cover an outermost stacking surface of the plurality of stacked battery sub-modules. The front cover part includes a front plate including a contact terminal electrically connected to an outside, a bus bar electrically connecting the plurality of battery sub-modules to each other, and a disconnection induction bus bar coupled to an inside end of the contact terminal to press and contact the bus bar, and a switching slider configured to slide between the bus bar and the disconnection induction bus bar.

Abstract: A lithium precipitation detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a measuring unit configured to calculate a charge amount of a battery in a charging process and calculate a discharge amount of the battery in a discharging process; and a control unit configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery in the charging process and the discharging process and determine whether lithium precipitation occurs in the battery based on the estimated SOC, the charge amount and the discharge amount.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a circuit board; a driving chip mounted on the circuit board; a shield-can including a top surface and a side surface extending in a direction from the top surface to the circuit board, wherein the top surface covers the driving chip; and a first film disposed on the shield-can and including a first opening that exposes a part of the top surface of the shield-can.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes active fins on a substrate, a first isolation pattern on the substrate, the first isolation pattern extending on a lower sidewall of each of the active fins, a third isolation pattern including an upper portion extending into the first isolation pattern and a lower portion extending into an upper portion of the substrate, the lower portion contacting the upper portion of the third isolation pattern, and having a lower surface with a width greater than that of an upper surface thereof, and a second isolation pattern extending in the substrate under the third isolation pattern, contacting the third isolation pattern, and having a rounded lower surface.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining image information comprising information related to motion compensation from a bitstream, deriving merge candidates of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived merge candidates, determining motion information of the current block based on the merge candidate list, and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The information related to the motion compensation includes motion vector resolution information. The motion vector resolution information indicates a specific motion vector resolution among motion vector resolution candidates including an integer pel resolution, a ¼ pel resolution and a 1/16 pel resolution.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining image information comprising information related to motion compensation from a bitstream, deriving merge candidates of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived merge candidates, determining motion information of the current block based on the merge candidate list, and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The information related to the motion compensation includes motion vector resolution information.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining image information comprising information related to motion compensation from a bitstream, deriving merge candidates of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived merge candidates, determining motion information of the current block based on the merge candidate list, and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The information related to the motion compensation includes motion vector resolution information. The motion vector resolution information indicates a specific motion vector resolution among motion vector resolution candidates including an integer pel resolution, a ¼ pel resolution and a 1/16 pel resolution.

Abstract: A seat mounting device for a vehicle is configured to allow a seat to be removably mounted in a flexible manner according to a user's desired purpose by mounting the seat to face forward or rearward or arranging the seat along with other seats of the vehicle, according to the number of passengers or different seating arrangements. In addition, by allowing the seat to be removed from the leg frame and the leg frame to be removed from the support frame and folded, the seat and leg frame may be easily stored in a separate storage location.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining image information comprising information related to motion compensation from a bitstream, deriving merge candidates of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived merge candidates, determining motion information of the current block based on the merge candidate list, and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The information related to the motion compensation includes motion vector resolution information, and the motion vector resolution information indicates a specific motion vector resolution among motion vector resolution candidates including an integer pel resolution, a ¼ pel resolution and a 1/16 pel resolution.

Abstract: An electrolyte includes: a polymer in the form of a network structure formed of a polyethylene oxide-based copolymer containing cross-linkable functional groups and a cross-linking agent; a ceramic compound; and a polar compound, wherein at least a portion of the cross-linkable functional groups form cross-links with the cross-linking agent, wherein the polar compound is contained in the network structure, and wherein the cross-linking agent is included at a weight ratio of the cross-linking agent to the polyethylene oxide-based copolymer expressed as: f XL = W XL W P , wherein WXL is the weight of the cross-linking agent, WP is the weight of the polyethylene oxide-based copolymer, and fXL is 0.07 to 0.19.

Abstract: A conversation provision method includes forming a conversation session between an agent and a user; generating an utterance of the agent by using the user's history related to a previous conversation session having been formed before the conversation session; and performing a conversation with the user by providing the utterance of the agent to the user.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the electrolyte layer comprises: a polymer in the form of a network including a polyethylene oxide-based copolymer with cross-linkable functional groups, at least some of which form cross-links; a ceramic compound; and a polar compound, wherein the polar compound is contained in the network, and wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material and a binder comprising the polymer including the polyethylene oxide-based copolymer having the cross-linkable functional groups.

Abstract: A sensor shifting actuator includes a fixed body; a moving body disposed in the fixed body and including an image sensor having an imaging surface; a supporting substrate disposed in the fixed body and configured to support the moving body so that the moving body is movable with respect to the fixed body in first and second directions parallel to the imaging surface of the image sensor; and a driver configured to move the moving body in either one or both of the first and second directions. The supporting substrate includes a movable portion coupled to the moving body, a fixed portion coupled to the fixed body, and a connection portion disposed between the movable portion and the fixed portion. The movable portion and the connection portion are movable together in the first direction, and the movable portion is movable with respect to the connection portion in the second direction.

Abstract: Provided are display device and method of fabricating the same. The display device comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer, a first gate electrode dispose, a first interlayer insulating layer, a first oxide semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer and a second gate electrode sequentially disposed on the substrate, spacers disposed on side surfaces of the second gate electrode, and a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the spacers, wherein each of the spacers comprises a first spacer disposed to contact a side surface of the second gate electrode and a second spacer disposed on the first spacer. A concentration of hydrogen included in the first spacer is lower than a concentration of hydrogen included in the second spacer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tipping paper including a flavored sheet and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, is to provide tipping paper for smoking articles and tipping paper including the same. The tipping paper, as tipping paper for smoking articles, includes a flavored sheet that includes a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data assimilation system of numerical models using atmospheric research aircraft observation data for constructing a data assimilation system for generating improved initial conditions and performing efficient aerial observation work using atmospheric research aircraft observation data, and a method of constructing a weather prediction model with data assimilation applied of the data assimilation system. A data assimilation system of numerical models using atmospheric research aircraft observation data includes an observation error data generation module, a background error covariance generation module, a data assimilation module and a lateral boundary field generation module.