Abstract: Provided is a solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof. The cell includes a back-contact electrode on a substrate, a light absorbing layer on the back-contact electrode, an anti-defect layer on the light absorbing layer, a buffer layer on the anti-defect layer, and an upper electrode on a buffer layer. The anti-defect layer may contain an alkaline earth metal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device and a control method therefor. The lighting device according to the present invention comprises: a light source unit comprising one or more light emitting elements; a first body to which the light source unit is mounted; a second body; a sensor unit for sensing at least one of a relative posture and a relative position of the first body to the second body; and a control unit for controlling the light emitting operation of the light source unit on the basis of at least one of the relative posture and the relative position of the first body.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus decodes a sequence of one or more pictures in the unit of blocks which are split from each picture. The apparatus comprising a decoder configured to reconstruct, from a bitstream, a current motion vector difference of the current block among the blocks which belong to the sequence of one or more pictures, and an image decoder configured to predict and decode the current block using the motion vector of the current block. When the current motion vector difference of the current block is zero, the resolution of the current motion vector difference of the current block is set to the ¼ pixel precision without the information on the motion vector resolution extracted.

Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel defining layer defining openings arranged in first and second directions, the openings forming emission areas in which light emitting elements are disposed to emit light of different colors; a light blocking layer disposed on the pixel defining layer, and defining holes, each overlapping the opening and having a larger diameter than the opening; and color filters disposed on the light blocking layer to overlap the holes and overlap the emission areas. The opening has an opening interval, which is defined as a difference in diameter between the overlapping hole and the opening, in the openings, among homogeneous openings in which the light emitting elements for emitting light of the same color are disposed, the homogeneous openings adjacent in the first or second direction have different opening intervals, and among the homogeneous openings, openings having different opening intervals are at least three types.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for surface treatment of a steel sheet, the composition having excellent resistance to an acid, such as sulfuric acid, and to a coated steel sheet to which the composition for surface treatment is applied, wherein the composition for surface treatment comprises 30-50% wt % of colloidal silica containing 5-20 nm-sized silica, 40-60% wt % of silane containing three or more alkoxy groups, 5-15 wt % of an acrylate-based organic monomer, 0.01-1 wt % of an acid, and 1-15 wt % of a solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method for driving a pixel of the display device. The device and method is capable of securing a time to sense a threshold voltage of a driving transistor and of compensating for the threshold voltage during operation of the pixel. Each of a plurality of pixels has a 5T1C structure including first to fourth transistors and a driving transistor. The first to fourth transistors are configured to apply driving signals through first to fourth scan lines, respectively. Thus, even without increasing the number of driving signals applied to each pixel, a long time for sensing a threshold voltage of each pixel can be secured.

Abstract: A touch sensing device is connected to a plurality of touch sensors to drive the plurality of touch sensors and to receive a sensing signal. The touch sensing device includes an input unit generating pieces of sensing data by using a sensing signal input from each of the plurality of touch sensors and a correction unit dividing the pieces of sensing data into a plurality of groups and applying different correction values to the sensing data of each of the plurality of groups to generate correction data.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a touch sensing signal processing circuit which senses a change in capacitance of a sensing node for touch sensing and provides a logic signal corresponding to the touch sensing. The touch sensing signal processing circuit of the present disclosure is configured using a delta-sigma analog to digital converter. Auto-tuning may be performed by delta-sigma analog conversion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is video encoding or decoding for efficiently encoding video. The techniques of the present disclosure are related to various split shapes of a block, syntaxes representing various split types of blocks, and syntax elements represented at a high level therefor.

Abstract: A pixel circuit driving method of controlling an operation of a light-emitting element provided in a pixel of a display panel may comprise: applying pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) signals having a plurality of levels to a first terminal of a first transistor having a second terminal connected to a control terminal of a second transistor configured to drive the light-emitting element with a current according to a gray scale required for the light-emitting element; and applying a PAM signal of any one level selected from the PAM signals to the control terminal of the second transistor during each sub-frame time corresponding to a turn-on time of the first transistor controlled by a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal having a plurality of sub-frames in a single frame according to the gray scale.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.

Abstract: A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is video encoding or decoding for efficiently encoding video. The techniques of the present disclosure are related to various split shapes of a block, syntaxes representing various split types of blocks, and syntax elements represented at a high level therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel circuit comprising an optical fingerprint sensing circuit, a method of driving a pixel circuit comprising an optical fingerprint sensing circuit, and a display device comprising a pixel circuit comprising an optical fingerprint sensing circuit. According to the present disclosure, the pixel circuit comprising an optical fingerprint sensing circuit comprises a pixel control circuit, the pixel control circuit comprising: a first photodetector which receives a light and generates a first signal; a second photodetector which receives a light and generates a second signal; and a self-illuminator which receives differential signals of the first signal and second signal and outputs an output signal, includes at least one transistor component and at least one capacitor component, and outputs a light on the basis of a data signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel circuit including an optical fingerprint sensing circuit, a method for driving a pixel circuit including the optical fingerprint sensing circuit, and a display device including the pixel circuit including the optical fingerprint sensing circuit. The pixel circuit includes: a self-light emitting element which displays images by a driving current controlled by a driving transistor; and a light-receiving element which receives light emitted from the self-light emitting element and reflected through a fingerprint of a user and converts it into a photocurrent. The driving transistor functions as a buffer which transmits an output voltage of the light-receiving element to an output line of the pixel circuit.

Abstract: A pixel circuit may comprise: a first transistor having a first terminal connected to a data line and to which a data signal is applied and a gate terminal connected to a scan line and to which a scan signal is applied; a third transistor having a gate terminal connected to a second terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal connected to a light emitting device; a capacitor having a second terminal commonly connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and the gate terminal of the third transistor; and a second transistor having a second terminal commonly connected to a first terminal of the capacitor and a first terminal of the third transistor, a first terminal connected to a first power supply voltage, and a gate terminal connected to an emission line to which an emission signal is applied.

Abstract: A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved.