Abstract: Provided is an information output apparatus and method. The information output apparatus includes a plurality of expression members configured to protrude or retract by moving in at least one direction and being sensed by a user when protruding or retracting; an activation area calculator configured to calculate a series of braille letters as an activation area on the plurality of expression members; a non-activation area calculator configured to calculate a space between the braille letters as a non-activation area in the activation area; and a plurality of actuation controllers configured to actuate expression members corresponding to the activation area to protrude or retract and configured to actuate expression members corresponding to the non-activation area to retract.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus and a method thereof. The method includes identifying pickup item information, identifying at least one storage place corresponding to the pickup item information among a plurality of storage places in the item storage center based on information on or regarding an item group located at each of the plurality of storage places, and providing information on the identified storage place and the pickup item information to a manager terminal, wherein the item group comprises at least one same item corresponding to an item group, and at least a portion of a plurality of item groups comprising a same item are stored in different storage places in the item storage center.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of providing complex information including braille information and voice information, the method of method of providing complex information including braille information and voice information includes deriving analysis data associated with a reading pattern of a user for braille information, and outputting voice information corresponding to the braille information on the basis of the analysis data.

Abstract: Provided are a disability information estimation apparatus and method, and the disability information estimation method based on disability information includes obtaining first image data of a user, extracting user characteristic information including at least one of appearance characteristics, behavior characteristics, and object characteristics associated with the user from the first image data, and inferring disability information including a disability type and a disability degree of the user on the basis of the user characteristic information.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing customized interaction based on disability information, and the method of providing customized interaction based on disability information includes obtaining disability information including a disability type and a disability degree of a user, setting at least one of a first element associated with a user input application method of a target device and a second element associated with an information output method of the target device on the basis of the disability information, obtaining a user input, which is applied to the target device by the user on the basis of the first element, and outputting information corresponding to the user input through the target device on the basis of the second element.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for guiding customized route based on disability information, and the method of guiding customized route based on disability information includes selecting candidate routes from a departure position to a destination position from or to which a user intends to move, obtaining disability information including a disability type and a disability degree of the user, evaluating movement convenience of the user for each of the candidate routes in consideration of the disability information, and determining guidance route information from the candidate routes in consideration of an evaluation result.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first transistor which include a first gate stack on a substrate; and a second transistor which includes a second gate stack on the substrate, wherein the first gate stack includes a first ferroelectric material layer disposed on the substrate, a first work function layer disposed on the first ferroelectric material layer and a first upper gate electrode disposed on the first work function layer, wherein the second gate stack includes a second ferroelectric material layer disposed on the substrate, a second work function layer disposed on the second ferroelectric material layer and a second upper gate electrode disposed on the second work function layer, wherein the first work function layer includes the same material as the second work function layer, and wherein an effective work function of the first gate stack is different from an effective work function of the second gate stack.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling an intelligent barrier-free kiosk including: recognizing a moving object, which is within a preset distance from the kiosk and is approaching the kiosk; learning characteristic information of the recognized moving object; determining, based on a result of the learning, whether a user related to the moving object intends to use the kiosk; and, based on determining that the user intends to use the kiosk, changing a height of the kiosk.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for forming a composite polymer film, a method for preparing the composition for forming a composite polymer film, a composite polymer film and a method for preparing the composite polymer film. The composition for forming a composite polymer film comprises: a fluorine-based polymer solution comprising a fluorine-based polymer; and polyvinylidene fluoride nanoparticles dispersed in the fluorine-based polymer solution. The method for preparing the composition for forming a composite polymer film comprises the steps of: preparing a fluorine-based polymer solution comprising a fluorine-based polymer; and dispersing polyvinylidene fluoride nanoparticles in the fluorine-based polymer solution. The composite polymer film comprises: a polymer matrix formed from a fluorine-based polymer; and polyvinylidene fluoride nanoparticles dispersed in the polymer matrix.

Abstract: Provided are a silicon nitride film etching composition, a method of etching a silicon nitride film using the same, and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device. Specifically, a silicon nitride film may be stably etched with a high selection ratio relative to a silicon oxide film, and when the composition is applied to an etching process at a high temperature and a semiconductor manufacturing process, not only no precipitate occurs but also anomalous growth in which the thickness of the silicon oxide film is rather increased does not occur, thereby minimizing defects and reliability reduction.

Abstract: A battery unit for a vehicle is provided. The battery unit includes a lower case having two battery compartments arranged in a direction toward opposite sides of the vehicle, respectively, and a connecting portion bent to be convex upwardly between the two battery compartments. A reinforcing structure is disposed on the connecting portion. Two battery modules are installed in the two battery compartments, respectively and a power wire is electrically connected to at least one of the two battery modules and extends from one of the two battery compartments to the other one of the two battery compartments through the connecting portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a via insulating layer on a substrate; a first electrode on the via insulating layer; a pixel defining layer including an inclined region on the first electrode and including a first opening exposing a portion of the first electrode, and a flat region at a side of the inclined region and in contact with the via insulating layer; a light emitting layer on the portion of the first electrode exposed by the first opening; organic particles on the flat region of the pixel defining layer; an encapsulation layer covering the pixel defining layer, the light emitting layer, and the organic particles, and including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer; and a first light blocking layer on the third layer of the encapsulation layer to overlap the flat region of the pixel defining layer and form a second opening.

Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing chiral nitro derivatives using organic chiral catalyst compounds and water as an eco-friendly solvent, and the like. The catalyst is an organic catalyst based on (R,R)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine (DPEN), and can prepare nitro derivatives having enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity in excellent yield through a hydrophobic hydration effect. In particular, the preparation method of the present disclosure can stabilize a transition state through an interfacial reaction between the catalyst and water. In addition, indole derivatives can be synthesized using the chiral nitro derivatives prepared according to the present disclosure to be usefully used for the prevention or treatment of brain-nervous system diseases including depression and muscular diseases including cachexia.

Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing chiral maleimide derivatives using (R,R)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine (DPEN)-based organic chiral catalyst compounds and water as an eco-friendly solvent, and the like. It is possible to prepare chiral maleimide derivatives having high enantioselectivity even with a small amount of catalyst in an excellent yield within a short time. In particular, the preparation method of the present disclosure can stabilize a transition state through an interfacial reaction between the catalyst and water. In addition, spironolactone derivatives are synthesized using chiral maleimide derivatives prepared according to the present disclosure to be usefully used for the treatment of edema control, heart failure, liver cirrhosis, electrolyte abnormalities, hypertension, etc.

Abstract: A display device, includes: a light emitting element layer including a sub-pixel and a pixel defining film defining the sub-pixel; a thin film encapsulation layer on the light emitting element layer; a pseudo-reflection pattern overlapping the pixel defining film and formed on the thin film encapsulation film; a connection electrode on the pseudo-reflection pattern; a second touch insulating layer on the connection electrode; and a driving electrode and a sensing electrode on the second touch insulating layer, wherein a width of the connection electrode is greater than a width of the driving electrode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked structure includes forming a first metal buffer layer including crystal grains on a base substrate, forming a second metal buffer material layer on the first metal buffer layer, and crystallizing the second metal buffer material layer to form a second metal buffer layer, wherein the second metal buffer material layer includes crystal grains, and a density of the crystal grains of the second metal buffer material layer is lower than a density of the crystal grains of the first metal buffer layer.

Abstract: The inventive concept discloses a solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, an emitter layer disposed on one surface of the substrate, and a cooling layer disposed on one surface of the emitter layer, and the cooling layer absorbs a far-infrared ray from irradiated sunlight and emits a wavelength of the absorbed far-infrared ray.

Abstract: A suture thread for use in a lifting procedure according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: fixed portions composed of non-stretchable medical thread, wherein the medical thread is formed on both sides thereof and is fixed to the skin; and a variable portion that is positioned between the fixed portions and imparts structural elasticity, wherein the fixed portions and the variable portions are connected continuously, without a separate connecting structure, to form a single integrated medical thread.

Abstract: The inventive concept discloses a solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, an emitter layer disposed on one surface of the substrate, and a cooling layer disposed on one surface of the emitter layer, and the cooling layer absorbs a far-infrared ray from irradiated sunlight and emits a wavelength of the absorbed far-infrared ray.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. An image sensor includes: a substrate including an active pixel sensor region, an optical black sensor region, and a boundary region provided between the active pixel sensor region and the optical black sensor region; a photoelectric conversion element provided inside the substrate on the boundary region; a passivation layer provided on the substrate; a grid trench formed on the boundary region of the substrate and extending from an upper surface of the passivation layer toward an inside of the passivation layer; grid patterns, each of the grid patterns being provided on the passivation layer on each of the active pixel sensor region and the boundary region of the substrate, at least a part of a grid pattern being provided inside the grid trench; and a color filter provided between the grid patterns.