Abstract: There is provide an image encoding method including transforming an image block into a first latent representation based on an invertible neural network, transforming the first latent representation into a second latent representation based on a non-invertible neural network, estimating a probability distribution of the first latent representation, and performing entropy encoding on the first latent representation based on the probability distribution by using an entropy encoder.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information, may include: a sensor part having a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor configured to measure a PPG signal from an object of a user, and a force sensor configured to measure a contact force between the object and the PPG sensor; an output interface, which before the PPG signal is measured, is configured to output first guide information indicating a predetermined number of times the user is required to touch the sensor part, and second guide information indicating a number of times that the sensor part has been touched since the first guide information is output; and a processor configured to estimate bio-information of the user by using the PPG signal based on the number of times that the sensor has been touched since the first guide information is output, corresponding to the predetermined number of times the user is required to touch.

Abstract: A motor structure includes a rotor core, a permanent magnet inserted into the rotor core, and a retainer installed to support the permanent magnet in a radial direction of a rotor core.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes providing a profile of at least one expert account for counseling linked to a channel of a second user to a terminal of a first user, identifying an initiation condition for a counseling ticket for counseling with a first expert account, creating a counseling ticket to be allocated to the first expert account, and transmitting counseling content through a chat room for counseling of the channel in which the first expert account and an account of the first user participate.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes acquiring, based a search request for a message transmitted to a channel registered in the service, a search result of a chatbot server linked to the channel, providing an interface for inputting a value of at least one parameter included in the search result to a terminal of a counselor linked to the channel, acquiring an entity corresponding to the parameter based on the message, determining a value of the parameter based on at least one of the acquired entity and data input through the interface, and requesting, based on the determined value of the parameter, an instant messaging server configured to provide the service to transmit a response message corresponding to the search result.

Abstract: A method for preparing an aramid nanofiber dispersion includes dissolving an aromatic polyamide-based polymer in a solution including a basic material and an aprotic polar solvent, while performing stirring so that a nanofiber is produced, wherein the aromatic polyamide-based polymer is a polymer in a form of a solid which is not spun into a fiber form, the stirring is performed at a temperature of 50° C. or lower and at a speed of 10-1000 rpm so that a time taken for the aromatic polyamide-based polymer to be dissolved and formed into an aramid nano-fiber dispersion is 80 hours or less, an aramid nanofiber in the aramid nanofiber dispersion has an average diameter of 1 to 100 nm and an average length of 0.1 to 100 ?m, and the basic material includes potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing same, and the technical problem to be solved is to prevent damage due to fatigue loading that may occur during ultrasonic welding between an electrode tab and an auxiliary tab, by strongly laser welding between the auxiliary tab and a current collecting portion of a single plate.

Abstract: An electrode slurry transfer system, including: a mixer storage tank for storing an electrode slurry discharged from a mixer; a first transfer tank for storing a high temperature slurry and connected to the mixer storage tank by a first transfer pipe branched in parallel; a second transfer tank for storing a low temperature slurry and connected to the mixer storage tank by a first transfer pipe branched in parallel; a coater supply tank configured to receive a high temperature slurry and a low temperature slurry from the first and second transfer tanks, respectively, and to supply an electrode slurry mixture thereof to a coater; a flow rate regulating portion configured to regulate a transfer flow rate of a high temperature slurry introduced into the coater supply tank from the first transfer tank, and a transfer flow rate of a low temperature slurry introduced into the coater supply tank from the second transfer tank, respectively; and a control portion for controlling a temperature of the electrode slurry i

Abstract: A six-phase motor includes: a rotor including a plurality of magnets; a stator disposed to form an air gap together with the rotor; a first-type three-phase coil provided at the stator and constituted by a plurality of first-type coils; a second-type three-phase coil constituted by a plurality of second-type coils each wound to have a smaller number of turns than a number of turns of each of the first-type coils; a first inverter configured to drive the first-type three-phase coil; and a second inverter configured to drive the second-type three-phase coil while having a greater maximum output than a maximum output of the first inverter.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate; gate structures spaced apart from each other on the substrate, each gate structure including a gate electrode and a gate capping pattern; source/drain patterns on opposite sides of the gate structures; first isolation patterns that respectively penetrate adjacent gate structures; and a second isolation pattern that extends between adjacent source/drain patterns, and penetrates at least one gate structure, wherein each first isolation pattern separates the gate structures such that the gate structures are spaced apart from each other, the first isolation patterns are aligned with each other, and top surfaces of the first and second isolation patterns are each located at a level the same as or higher than a level of a top surface of the gate capping pattern.

Abstract: A cooking utensil having a thermochromic layer including a thermochromic pigment for a temperature sensor, includes: a metal substrate; a primer layer including a fluorine-based resin formed on at least a part of a surface of the metal substrate; a thermochromic layer including a thermochromic pigment formed on at least a part of a surface of the primer layer; and a top coating layer including a curing agent formed on surfaces of the primer layer and the thermochromic layer. The thermochromic pigment is a thermochromic pigment for a temperature sensor using bismuth vanadate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal (hydr)oxide composite comprising a poorly soluble drug, a method for manufacturing same, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising same.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. Semiconductor devices may include first and second active patterns on a substrate. Each of the first and second active patterns may extend in a first direction. The first and second active patterns may be aligned along the first direction and may be separated by a first trench extending in a second direction. The first trench may define a first sidewall of the first active pattern. The semiconductor devices may also include a channel pattern including first and second semiconductor patterns stacked on the first active pattern, a dummy gate electrode on the channel pattern and extending in the second direction, and a gate spacer on one side of the dummy gate electrode, the one side of the dummy gate electrode being adjacent to the first trench. The gate spacer may cover a first sidewall of the first active pattern.

Abstract: An electrified vehicle and a method for controlling charging and discharging operation of the same are disclosed. The electrified vehicle includes an AC connector, a motor connected to a first AC terminal at a neutral point thereof, an inverter including a plurality of first legs connected between two DC terminals, respective arms of the plurality of first legs being connected to corresponding ones of a plurality of windings of the motor, a second leg connected, at both ends thereof, to the two DC terminals while being connected, at an arm thereof, to a second AC terminal, and a controller configured to control switching elements of the first leg and the second leg.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for product recommendation by a server. The method may include receiving a gift recommendation request from a first user terminal for a second user, checking available basic information of the second user, and determining a first recommendation information based on the basic information, wherein the first recommendation information comprises a first recommendation reason and at least one product related to the first recommendation reason. The method may also include determining a second recommendation information not based on the basic information, wherein the second recommendation information comprises a second recommendation reason and at least one product related to the second recommendation reason. The method may further include providing recommendation information comprising the first and second recommendation information to the first user terminal. The first recommendation information may be prioritized for display over the second recommendation information.

Abstract: A transmitting device location estimation device and a transmitting device location estimation method for estimating the location of a transmitting device under water are disclosed. A transmitting device location estimation device, in a transmitting device location estimation device for estimating the location of a transmitting device under water, is characterized by comprising: a distance location estimation unit that estimates the distance and location of the transmitting device based on the time taken to receive the transmission signal transmitted by the transmitting device and the speed of the transmission signal; a direction estimation unit that estimates the direction of the transmitting device; and an estimated location confirmation unit that confirms the estimated location of the transmitting device based on the estimated distance and location of the transmitting device and the estimated direction of the transmitting device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for an encapsulant film, including an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having high volume resistance and light transmittance, and an encapsulant film using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene-based composite, including (A) polypropylene, and (B) an olefin-based polymer satisfying the following conditions: (1) a melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions) is from 0.1 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, (2) a density (d) is from 0.860 g/cc to 0.880 g/cc, and (3) T(90)-T(50)?50 and T(95)-T(90)?10 are satisfied, wherein T(50), T(90) and T(95) are temperatures at which 50%, 90%, and 95% are melted, respectively, when fractionating a temperature-heat capacity curve from measurement results by the differential scanning calorimetry precise measurement method (SSA). The polypropylene-based composite of the present invention may show excellent impact strength.

Abstract: A pen and touch input system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a touch input device including a sensor unit and a control unit for controlling the sensor unit and a stylus pen interacting with the touch input device.