Abstract: An image sensing device for obtaining an image of a scene by sensing light is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a pixel circuit configured to output a pixel signal based on a voltage level of a floating diffusion node at which charges generated corresponding to an intensity of incident light are accumulated, a voltage controller configured to control a voltage level of an output node where the pixel signal is output in response to a voltage control signal, a conversion circuit configured to convert the pixel signal into a digital signal, and a voltage trimming circuit configured to control the voltage control signal based on the digital signal.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a capacitance formation portion that is a region a dielectric layer and internal electrodes alternately arranged with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a first direction and including first and second surfaces opposing each other in the first direction, and external electrodes disposed on the body. The body further includes cover portions disposed on one side and the other surface of the capacitance formation portion in the first direction. A surface of one of the cover portions includes a flat portion forming the first surface or the second surface, a protrusion protruding from the first surface or the second surface in the first direction, and a recess portion concave from the first surface or the second surface in the first direction. One end of the protrusion is spaced apart from the recess portion and is disposed on the recess portion.

Abstract: A ramp generation circuit includes a ramping voltage generator configured to generate a ramping voltage that changes depending on a first slope or a second slope, a blocking capacitor configured to transmit the ramping voltage to a transfer node, a signal output unit configured to amplify a voltage of the transfer node and to output a ramp output signal to an output node, and a ramp switch configured to selectively connect the transfer node to the output node.

Abstract: A fingerprint recognition device is provided. The fingerprint recognition device includes an image acquisition module acquiring a fingerprint image including an input fingerprint, a preprocessing module generating a preprocessed image by preprocessing the fingerprint image, a minutiae extraction module extracting coordinates of each of minutiae and orientation points of the input fingerprint from the preprocessed image and a fake detection module receiving regions-of-interest (ROIs), including the coordinates of each of the minutiae or orientation points of the input fingerprint, and determining whether the input fingerprint is a fake by performing learning using the received ROIs.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensor and an image processing system including the same, and the image sensor includes a first pixel pair arranged in a first row, and configured to generate, during a first single readout time, first and second pixel signals according to a first order, a second pixel pair arranged in the first row, and configured to generate, during the first single readout time, third and fourth pixel signals according to a second order which is different from the first order, and a row controller configured to control, during the first single readout time, the first pixel pair according to the first order and the second pixel pair according to the second order.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a capacitance forming portion including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, alternately arranged in a first direction, and a cover portion disposed on both surfaces of the capacitance forming portion opposing the first direction; and an external electrode disposed outside the body and connected to the internal electrode, wherein the cover portion includes a first dielectric material having a perovskite structure represented by the formula ABO3, and a first metal including one or more of Cu, W, Ag, and Zn, and wherein, in at least a portion of the cover portion, an amount of the first metal is 2.0 mole or more and 9.0 mole or less, based on 100 mole of an element of B.

Abstract: A readout circuit and an image sensing device including the same are disclosed. The readout circuit includes a ramp signal generator configured to generate a ramp signal having first noise, a sampling circuit configured to generate a pixel sampling signal having second noise by sampling a pixel signal, and a conversion circuit configured to compare the ramp signal with the pixel sampling signal and offset the first noise and the second noise based on the comparison result.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cylindrical can, an electrode assembly in the cylindrical can together with an electrolytic solution, and a cap assembly coupled to the top of the cylindrical can, the cap assembly including a cap-up including a cap-up circumference flat portion and a cap-up circumference bent portion bent from the cap-up circumference flat portion in a downward direction and a safety plate coupled to the cap-up circumference flat portion and the cap-up circumference bent portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, including 35 to 65% by weight of a polyamide resin (A); 18 to 40% by weight of glass fiber (B); 10 to 30% by weight of a composite flame retardant (C); 0.06 to 0.4% by weight of a phosphite-based thermal stabilizer (D); and 0.1 to 0.7% by weight of a copper-based composite thermal stabilizer (E), a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a machine guidance program and an excavator using the same. The machine guidance program which assists an operator of an excavator including a bucket to operate is configured to display a guidance screen on a display device. The guidance screen includes: a front view; a first guide indicator which guides in which tilting direction the operator should operate; a side view; and a second guide indicator which guides whether the operator should operate in a dump direction or in a crowd direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for balancing battery packs connected in parallel. If the pack voltage deviation of the first to nth battery packs is greater than the first threshold value, a battery cell having a higher voltage than the pack balancing target voltage set according to a preset criterion among the voltages of all cells is discharged to perform pack balancing for each battery pack and if the pack voltage deviation is equal to or smaller than the first threshold value, a battery cell having a higher voltage than the cell balancing target voltage set according to a preset criterion among the voltages of the cells included in a battery pack having a cell voltage deviation greater than the second threshold value is discharged to perform cell balancing for each battery pack.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speech enhancement apparatus, and specifically, to a method and apparatus for a target exaggeration for deep learning-based speech enhancement. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus for a target exaggeration for deep learning-based speech enhancement can preserve a speech signal from a noisy speech signal and can perform speech enhancement for removing a noise signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling a turn-on sequence of switches included in a parallel multi battery pack, including a processor that receives a switch voltage value from a voltage sensor coupled to a kth sequence switch unit (k is a turn-on sequence index, which is a natural number of 2 to n) before turning on the kth sequence switch, then turns on the kth sequence switch, subsequently receives a switch current value from a current sensor connected to the kth sequence switch, counts a watt energy value consumed in the kth sequence switch from the switch voltage value and the switch current value and determines the turn-on sequence of the first to nth switches in descending order from a switch having a greatest watt energy count value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon dioxide conversion process and, more particularly, to a continuous carbon dioxide conversion process and a system therefor.

Abstract: Provided are a fusion protein including glutathione-S-transferase and a protein having binding affinity for a target cell or a target protein, and use thereof as a drug delivery carrier and a pharmaceutical composition. The fusion protein and the drug delivery carrier including the same according to an aspect may sustain an in vivo residence time, and may also have improved target cell-targeting ability, and thus may be effectively delivered to target cells. Accordingly, it may be usefully applied to a targeted therapeutic agent.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for diagnosing a failure of a switch unit included in a multi battery pack. The magnitude of a pack current flowing from each of battery packs connected in parallel to a load is measured, a battery pack whose pack current has a magnitude smaller than the average value by a threshold value or more is identified, and it is determined that an open failure occurs at the switch unit included in the identified battery pack, and the information of the battery pack including the switch unit at which the open failure occurs is output. The internal resistance of each battery pack may be statistically analyzed in order to more accurately diagnose the failure at the switch unit. Thus, an open failure of switch units included in battery packs connected in parallel may be easily and reliably diagnosed in a statistical viewpoint.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a three-dimensional data alignment apparatus, a three-dimensional data alignment method, and a recording medium, which may align a location between volumetric data and surface data even without a segmentation process of extracting a surface from the volumetric data. A three-dimensional data alignment apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a three-dimensional data alignment unit for aligning a location between first three-dimensional data and second three-dimensional data expressed in different data forms with regard to a target to be measured. The first three-dimensional data are three-dimensional data acquired in a voxel form with regard to the target to be measured, and the second three-dimensional data are three-dimensional data acquired in a surface form with regard to the target to be measured.

Abstract: A method of obtaining three-dimensional data includes: obtaining three-dimensional reference data with respect to an object; aligning, on the three-dimensional reference data, a first frame obtained by scanning a first region of the object; aligning, on the three-dimensional reference data, a second frame obtained by scanning a second region of the object, at least a portion of the second region overlapping the first region; and obtaining the three-dimensional data by merging the first frame with the second frame based on an overlapping portion between the first region and the second region.

Abstract: A battery control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of switching circuits connected in series to a plurality of battery packs; a plurality of sensing circuits to generate a sensing signal indicating a voltage and a current of each battery pack; and a control circuit to determine the voltage, a state of health (SOH) and a state of charge (SOC) of each battery pack. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the selective parallel connection control for at least one of the plurality of batteries, it is possible to reduce a difference in SOH between the plurality of batteries.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic apparatus to provide information associated with activation of a portable terminal according to various embodiments includes acquiring order information associated with the portable terminal, acquiring information associated with delivery of the portable terminal corresponding to the order information from a server, and, based on the order information and the information associated with the delivery of the portable terminal, providing the information associated with the activation of the portable terminal, and the information associated with the activation comprises information on whether the portable terminal has been shipped out.