Abstract: A sterilization apparatus includes a housing; a sterilization unit for irradiating, with sterilization light, at least one region to be sterilized; and a driving unit for moving the sterilization unit into and out of the housing via an opening of the housing and rotating the sterilization unit about a rotation axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating a bone disease, obesity or an obesity-mediated metabolic disease, cancer, or cancer metastasis, and a method of screening a drug for treating the diseases, which includes an inhibitor of transmembrane 4 L six family member 19 (TM4SF19) expression or activity.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: A super-steep switching device and an inverter device using the same are disclosed. The super-steep switching device includes a semiconductor channel disposed on a substrate and made of a semiconductor material having impact ionization characteristic; a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the semiconductor channel, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are disposed on the substrate and are spaced apart from each other; and a gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor channel so as to overlap only a portion of the semiconductor channel, wherein a top surface of the semiconductor channel includes a first area overlapping the gate electrode, and a second area non-overlapping the gate electrode, wherein a ratio of a length of the first area and a length of the second area is in a range of 1:0.1 to 0.4.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cushion tip-up type seat for a vehicle. The cushion tip-up type seat for a vehicle is configured to perform a tip-up function of a cushion part, and to move a seat leftward and rightward to adjust an interval between left and right seats, whereby left and right spacing between occupants seated in the seats is sufficiently secured and the convenience of the occupants is improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an alkali metal ion conductive chalcogenide-based solid electrolyte, a solid electrolyte prepared thereby, and an all-solid-state battery comprising the same.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for sharing a function logic between functional units and a reconfigurable processor are provided. The apparatus for sharing a function logic may include a storage which is configured to store data which is received from two or more functional units in order to share one or more function logics, and an arbitrator which is configured, based on a scheduling rule, to transmit the data stored in the storage into the function logic.

Abstract: A reconfigurable processor based on mini-cores (MCs) includes a plurality of MCs, each MC of the MCs including a group of function units (FUs), the group of FUs having a capability of executing a loop iteration independently. The MCs include a first MC configured to execute a first loop iteration, and a second MC configured to execute a second loop iteration.

Abstract: A scheduler and scheduling method perform scheduling for a reconfigurable architecture. The scheduling, performed by the scheduler, includes path information extracting including extracting direct path information and indirect path information between functional units in a reconfigurable array complying with predefined architecture requirements, based on architecture information of the reconfigurable array, command selecting including selecting a command from a data flow graph (DFG) showing commands to be executed by the reconfigurable array, and scheduling including scheduling the selected command based on the extracted direct path information and indirect path information.

Abstract: A scheduler and scheduling method perform scheduling for a reconfigurable architecture. The scheduling, performed by the scheduler, includes path information extracting including extracting direct path information and indirect path information between functional units in a reconfigurable array complying with predefined architecture requirements, based on architecture information of the reconfigurable array, command selecting including selecting a command from a data flow graph (DFG) showing commands to be executed by the reconfigurable array, and scheduling including scheduling the selected command based on the extracted direct path information and indirect path information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for sharing a function logic between functional units and a reconfigurable processor are provided. The apparatus for sharing a function logic may include a storage which is configured to store data which is received from two or more functional units in order to share one or more function logics, and an arbitrator which is configured, based on a scheduling rule, to transmit the data stored in the storage into the function logic.

Abstract: A reconfigurable processor based on mini-cores (MCs) includes a plurality of MCs, each MC of the MCs including a group of function units (FUs), the group of FUs having a capability of executing a loop iteration independently. The MCs include a first MC configured to execute a first loop iteration, and a second MC configured to execute a second loop iteration.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving the transfer latency of vector register file data when an interrupt is generated. According to an aspect, when interrupt occurs, a core determines whether to store vector register file data currently being executed in a first memory or in a second memory based on whether or not the first memory can store the vector register file data therein. In response to not being able to store the vector register file data in the first memory, a data transfer unit, which is implemented as hardware, is provided to store vector register file data in the second memory.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a controlling device and a method for charging a battery for an electric vehicle which improves the battery consumption ratio and its stability. The charge controlling device includes a battery temperature sensing member, a battery voltage sensing member, a current sensing member, a charging mode switch, a charge control device. When the predetermined charging mode is a constant current/constant voltage method, if the battery temperature is above the maximum predetermined temperature, a charging end signal is produced. If the battery temperature is below the minimum predetermined temperature, the full-charging state is determined in accordance with the measured current value and the charging end signal is produced. On the other hand, when the predetermined charging mode is a constant current charging mode, if the battery temperature is below the minimum predetermined temperature, the battery voltage drop state is determined.