Abstract: The present invention discloses an image decoding method, the method including generating a candidate list including motion information derived from a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block adjacent to a current block; deriving motion information of the current block using the candidate list; generating a prediction block of the current block using the derived motion information; and updating the derived motion information in a motion information list, wherein the generating of the candidate list is performed in such a manner as to include at least one information of the motion information included in the updated motion information list in a block decoded before the current block.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction mode based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise decoding an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving at least one intra prediction mode from the decoded intra prediction mode of the current block, generating two or more intra prediction blocks using the intra prediction mode of the current block and the derived intra prediction mode, and generating an intra prediction block of the current block based on the two or more intra prediction blocks.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction mode based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise decoding an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving at least one intra prediction mode from the decoded intra prediction mode of the current block, generating two or more intra prediction blocks using the intra prediction mode of the current block and the derived intra prediction mode, and generating an intra prediction block of the current block based on the two or more intra prediction blocks.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing representative sample-based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein the intra prediction is representative sample-based prediction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of decoding an image and a method of encoding an image. The method of decoding an image includes: obtaining motion-constrained tile set information; determining, on the basis of the motion-constrained tile set information, a first boundary region of a collocated tile set within a reference picture, which corresponds to a motion-constrained tile set; padding a second boundary region corresponding to the first boundary region; and performing inter prediction on the motion-constrained tile set by using a collocated tile set that includes the padded second boundary region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction using a plurality of reference sample lines are provided. An image decoding method may comprise configuring a plurality of reference sample lines, reconstructing an intra prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the plurality of reference sample lines.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of decoding an image including determining whether a current block is in a bi-directional optical flow (BIO) mode, calculating gradient information of prediction samples of the current block when the current block is in the BIO mode, and generating a prediction block of the current block using the calculated gradient information, wherein the calculating of the gradient information of the prediction samples of the current block includes calculating the gradient information using at least one neighbor sample adjacent to the prediction samples.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus. In video encoding and decoding, multiple partition blocks are generated by splitting a target block. A prediction mode is derived for at least a part of the multiple partition blocks, among the multiple partition blocks, and prediction is performed on the multiple partition blocks based on the derived prediction mode. When prediction is performed on the partition blocks, information related to the target block may be used, and information related to an additional partition block, which is predicted prior to the partition block, may be used.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling current consumption of a battery management system (BMS) managing a battery pack, including an input unit including a logic element to which a charger connection signal and an always constant power source off signal are input, an operation unit including a control circuit, the control circuit including a plurality of switches, a plurality of operational amplifiers, and a plurality of resistance elements, and the operation unit generates a current consumption control signal for at least one component in the BMS according to an output of the logic element and an output voltage of the battery pack.

Abstract: A cooling device is provided to reduce the spread of gas and flame vented from at least one of battery cells to adjacent other battery cells. The cooling device is configured to cool a plurality of battery cells. The cooling device includes a battery cell mount portion including at least one surface on which the plurality of battery cells is configured to be mounted, wherein a part of the battery cell mount portion configured to contact the battery cell is configured to rupture when at least one of gas or flame is vented from the battery cell.

Abstract: A method of centering a disk of a hard disk drive includes arranging a disk on an upper end portion of a hub on which a plurality of disks are rotatably assembled, and assembling the disk on the hub by vibrating the hub. Accordingly, the disks and/or spacers may be easily assembled on the hub, a time of centering may be relatively much reduced, and a superior centering quality may be obtained.

Abstract: A hard disk drive includes a housing including a base member and a cover member, a spindle motor disposed in the housing, a data storage disk disposed on the spindle motor, an actuator disposed in the housing to move a read/write head to a position on the data storage disk, a clock signal providing unit disposed on the data storage disk to provide a clock signal of the data storage disk, a position signal providing unit disposed on the actuator to provide a position signal of the actuator, and first and second windows disposed in the housing to correspond to the clock signal providing unit and the position signal providing unit.

Abstract: A method of erasing a servo pattern of a hard disk drive includes reading a servo pattern recorded on a disk, generating an erase pattern to erase the servo pattern based on the servo pattern obtained in the reading of the servo pattern, and erasing the servo pattern by using the erase pattern while the disk is rotated. The servo pattern recorded on the hard disk drive may be uniformly erased. Also, a stabilization time to stabilize a read/write head after the position control of the read/write head that is needed when a servo writer is used may be avoided so that a time to erase a servo pattern may be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal including, first and second bodies rotatably coupled to each other, and a driving unit configured to allow a relative rotation of the first and second bodies between a closed configuration and an open configuration, the first and second bodies being overlaid by each other in the closed configuration and rotated away from each other in the open configuration, wherein the driving unit includes rotation motion units connected to each of the first and second bodies and configured to generate the relative rotation, and slide motion units cooperatively operating with the rotation motion unit and configured to relatively slide the first and second bodies with respect to the driving unit between the closed configuration and the open configuration.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for supporting a general editor function. User data may be received from a user and transferred to at least one application selected from an application list provided to the user. The user data may be stored in a memory, fetched from the memory in response to a user control signal, and transferred to one application or multiple applications. The transferred user data may be modified based on properties and functions of the selected at least one application.

Abstract: An HDD parking ramp is disclosed and includes a guide portion having an inclined surface adapted to receive a lift tab associated with an actuator mounting a read/write head during an unloading/parking operation, and a parking surface adapted to accommodate the lift tab at the completion of the unloading/parking operation, an installation support portion fixed in the HDD and adapted to support the guide portion, and a vertically adjustable driving device provided between the guide portion and the installation support portion and adapted to position the guide portion at a first vertical height relative to the installation support and a second vertical height greater than the first vertical height.

Abstract: A method of operating a servo track writer includes writing a clock pattern signal to a magnetic recording medium of a head disk assembly, reading the clock pattern signal written to the magnetic recording medium and dividing a frequency of a read clock pattern signal, and supplying a clock pattern signal having a divided frequency to a spindle motor for rotating the magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: A method of writing a servo pattern of a hard disk drive includes measuring the speed of a head of the hard disk drive by reading a basic servo pattern written to only select ones of the data tracks of the disk, realizing a feedforward current profile when the difference between the actual speed of the head and a target speed of the head is within a predetermined range, and writing a reference servo pattern using the realized feedforward current profile. A final servo pattern is then written using the reference servo pattern.

Abstract: A method of centering a disk of a hard disk drive includes arranging a disk on an upper end portion of a hub on which a plurality of disks are rotatably assembled, and assembling the disk on the hub by vibrating the hub. Accordingly, the disks and/or spacers may be easily assembled on the hub, a time of centering may be relatively much reduced, and a superior centering quality may be obtained.