Abstract: A muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a muscular strength assisting portion that assists a user's muscular strength and a first connecting link including one side connected to one side of the muscular strength assisting portion and an opposite side rotatable relative to a shoulder of the user about a first rotation axis. The muscular strength assisting portion includes an upper arm module that assists muscular strength of an upper arm of the user and a link assembly including one side connected to one side of the upper arm module to be rotatable about a second rotation axis non-parallel to the first rotation axis and an opposite side disposed adjacent to a portion of a body of the user to be supported on the user.

Abstract: A cleaning system is provided. The cleaning system includes a robot cleaner and a station. The robot cleaner includes a pad fixing part on which a cleaning pad is detachably mounted, a lifter to lift a part of the robot cleaner at which the pad fixing part is positioned, and a pad detacher to detach the cleaning pad mounted on the pad fixing part. The station includes a pad storage box in which a cleaning pad that is to be provided to the robot cleaner is stored, a pad coupling part on which a cleaning pad that is to be coupled to the robot cleaner is rested, and a pad supplier to supply the cleaning pad stored in the pad storage box to the pad coupling part.

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: Disclosed are a method for increasing the viability of cells by ultrasound irradiation and an ultrasound irradiation apparatus using same. The method comprises: applying a drug and an epidermal drug delivery system onto the epidermis of a subject; and, with ultrasound parameters each being preset within a certain range, an ultrasound irradiation apparatus irradiating ultrasound onto the epidermis of the subject through an ultrasound generation unit placed within a critical range from the epidermis of the subject, wherein the epidermal drug delivery system induces the formation of cavities, i.e., cavitation around the epidermis of the subject when the ultrasound is irradiated, the ultrasound parameters at least include an ultrasound pressure and an ultrasound duty percentage, the ultrasound pressure is 0.5-1 MPa, and the ultrasound duty percentage is 1-5%.

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 display device includes: sub-pixels on a base layer, each of the sub-pixels including a light emitting element including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a light emitting structure electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a separator protruding in a thickness direction of the base layer between the sub-pixels, and including separator structures spaced from each other in a plan view to define a separation area. The separation area includes one or more bending areas between the sub-pixels.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor die within an extended substrate and a bottom substrate may include bonding a bottom surface of a semiconductor die to a top surface of a bottom substrate, forming an adhering member to a top surface of the semiconductor die, bonding an extended substrate to the semiconductor die and to the top surface of the bottom substrate utilizing the adhering member and a conductive bump on a bottom surface of the extended substrate and a conductive bump on the bottom substrate. The semiconductor die and the conductive bumps may be encapsulated utilizing a mold member. The conductive bump on the bottom surface of the extended substrate may be electrically connected to a terminal on the top surface of the extended substrate. The adhering member may include a laminate film, a non-conductive film adhesive, or a thermal hardening liquid adhesive.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area; a transistor on the substrate; an insulating layer on the transistor; a power voltage line on the insulating layer and transferring a power voltage; a data line on the insulating layer and transferring a data voltage; and an auxiliary wire between the substrate and the power voltage line in the display area. The auxiliary wire includes a portion overlapping the power voltage line and a portion overlapping the data line in a plan view and is electrically connected to the power voltage line.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device capable of expanding the range of data voltages. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode on the first electrode; and a first middle layer between the first electrode and the second electrode in a first emission region, wherein the first middle layer includes a plurality of sub-middle layers in the first emission region, and the sub-middle layers of the first middle layer have different thicknesses.

Abstract: An etching plasma processing apparatus including a consumable metal member is disclosed. The etching plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a substrate support member arranged inside the chamber, a gas supply member for injecting gas into the chamber, a consumable part arranged inside the chamber and generating a metallic byproduct containing ions or radicals of a first metal when plasma is generated inside the chamber, a first electrode for applying power to generate plasma inside the chamber, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a power supply supplying power to the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A pixel includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, and a third conductive pattern that are spaced apart from each other; a first electrode at least partially overlapping and directly contacting the first conductive pattern; a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode; a third electrode on the third conductive pattern and directly contacting the third conductive pattern, and a fourth electrode at least partially overlapping, and directly contacting the second conductive pattern; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are on at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth electrodes; and light emitting elements electrically connected to the first and second pixel electrodes. The first conductive pattern, the first electrode, and the first pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other. The third conductive pattern, the third electrode, and the second pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a control panel and a processor. The control panel includes a liquid crystal display, a touch screen, a microcontroller, a multiplexer, a coder-decoder, and a speaker. The processor is to control the speaker. Based on a selection of a diagnosis mode, the microcontroller is to interrupt the control of the output of the speaker by the processor, change a state of the multiplexer, and perform a diagnosis by controlling the speaker to output a sound based on receipt of an input on the touch screen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first pixel circuit portion including at least one transistor; a second pixel circuit portion including at least one transistor; a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first pixel circuit portion; a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second pixel circuit portion; a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel circuit portion; and a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel circuit portion, wherein the first data line and the second data line are arranged adjacent to each other along a first direction, and the second pixel electrode overlaps the first data line and the second data line in a plan view.

Abstract: A pixel includes: a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first node, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to a third node; a second transistor connected between a data line and the second node, the second transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line; a third transistor connected between a first power line to which a voltage of a first driving power source is supplied and the first node, the third transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to an emission control line; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the third node; a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; and a light emitting element connected between the second node and a second power line to which a voltage of a second driving power source is supplied.

Abstract: A scan signal driving unit capable of reducing the RC delay of scan control lines in an ultra-high resolution display, such as 8K UHD. The scan signal driving unit includes a plurality of stages configured to sequentially output scan signals, first clock lines to which first clock signals are applied, and second clock lines to which second clock signals are applied. Each of the first clock lines includes a (1-1)-th metal pattern and a (1-2)-th metal pattern disposed on the (1-1)-th metal pattern. Each of the second clock lines includes a (2-1)-th metal pattern disposed on the same layer as one of the (1-1)-th metal pattern and the (1-2)-th metal pattern.

Abstract: A display device include a lens, a light source, a display panel including normal pixels and sensor pixels numbering less than the normal pixels to display an image, a reflective member reflecting display light emitted from the display panel toward the lens, and a processor. The processor controls the light source to emit near-infrared light, receive the near-infrared light reflected by a user's eye, converts information input to the sensor pixels into image data, generates eye feature models similar to the image data using a learning algorithm, determines an eye feature model most similar to an eye area of the image data among the generated eye feature models, tracks movement of a pupil center based on the determined eye feature model, and displays the image in high-resolution in a central vision area and the image in low-resolution in a peripheral vision area, using spatial coordinates of the tracked pupil center.

Abstract: A sub-pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor that applies a driving current to the light emitting element, a second transistor that writes a data voltage in response to a write gate signal, a first capacitor electrically connected to a control electrode of the first transistor, a second capacitor including a first electrode electrically connected to the second transistor and a second electrode electrically connected to the control electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor that diode-connects the first transistor in response to a compensation gate signal, a fourth transistor that applies a first initialization voltage to a first electrode of the third transistor in response to an initialization gate signal, and a fifth transistor that transfers the driving current to the light emitting element in response to an emission signal.

Abstract: A power swivel device for a vehicle seat is configured to perform both swivel and monopost functions of the vehicle seat. The power swivel device includes a motor configured to swivel the seat and a reduction gear device configured to increase output torque of the motor, which are stacked in a vertical direction on a bottom of the seat. The power swivel device includes a lower housing; an upper housing stacked on and assembled to the lower housing; an eccentric shaft rotatably disposed relative to the lower housing and the upper housing; a motor driving unit mounted between the lower housing and the eccentric shaft; the reduction gear device installed between the upper housing and the eccentric shaft; and a swivel plate rotatably mounted on the reduction gear device and connected to a seat cushion frame.

Abstract: A height adjustment device and a swivel device for a vehicle seat are configured to adjust seat height and swivel the vehicle seat. The height adjustment device includes a first reduction gear device disposed at a bottom of the vehicle seat and configured to increase output torque of a first motor and a lifting device engaged with the first reduction gear device and configured to move the seat upwards or downwards, and the swivel device includes a motor driving unit disposed at a bottom of the height adjustment device and a second reduction gear device configured to increase output torque of the motor driving unit, thereby making it possible not only to selectively perform seat height adjustment and swivel operation, but also to perform a monopost function of the seat in a state in which the height adjustment device and the swivel device are stacked in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A pixel includes a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power line, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a light emitting element including a first electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to a second power line, a second transistor connected between a data line and a second node, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line, a third transistor connected between the second node and the first electrode of the light emitting element, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a second scan line, a first capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node, and a second capacitor connected between the first node and the second node.