Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that combines, with IoT technology, 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc. on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT related technologies. Disclosed, in the present invention, are a method and an apparatus for determining the size of a transport block in a communication or broadcasting system.

Abstract: A mask and a controlling method thereof are disclosed. The mask includes a fan that provides an air volume to an inside of the mask, a valve that discharges air from the mask, a pressure sensor, and a processor. The processor may control the pressure sensor to detect a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value inside the mask worn by a user. The processor may identify a time for a single breath based on a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value detected at the pressure sensor. The processor may identify a number of breaths based on the identified time for the single breath and a predetermined time. The processor may control the fan to provide an air volume set at a level corresponding to the identified number of breaths among a plurality of levels divided based on a predetermined number of breaths.

Abstract: A mask including a mask body and a blower. The mask body includes a first coupling part, and a second coupling part spaced apart from the first coupling part. The blower includes a third coupling part configured to be detachably couplable to the first coupling part and prevented from being coupled to the second coupling part, and a fourth coupling part configured to be detachably couplable to the second coupling part and prevented from being coupled to the first coupling part. With the third coupling part detachably coupled to the first coupling part and the fourth coupling part detachably coupled to the second coupling part, the blower is disposed to a rear of the mask body and is operable to force air to flow into and out of the mask.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, including receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) including resource assignment information for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); identifying a number of resource elements (REs) allocated for the PDSCH based on a number symbols for the PDSCH and a number of allocated physical resource blocks (PRBs), wherein a number of REs for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is excluded from the number of REs allocated for the PDSCH; identifying intermediate information based on the number of REs allocated for the PDSCH; identifying a transport block size (TBS) based on quantized intermediate information; and receiving, from the base station, the PDSCH based on the TBS.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first redistribution structure, a first semiconductor chip on the first redistribution structure, a first molding layer on the first redistribution structure, the first molding layer including at least one lower recess in a top surface thereof and being disposed on the first semiconductor chip, connection structures on the first redistribution structure, the connection structures extending in a vertical direction and passing through the first molding layer, a first insulating layer on the first molding layer, and a second redistribution structure including a lower redistribution insulating layer on the first insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer at least partially fills the at least one lower recess of the first molding layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system, such as LTE. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a base station of a communication system confirms a subcarrier spacing in which a signal is to be transmitted to or received from a terminal, transmits, to the terminal, a signal including information that indicates the allocation of additional symbols and/or the number of additional symbols, generates data allocation information for data on the basis of the allocation of the additional symbols, and transmits the data allocation information and the data to the terminal, wherein the additional symbols can be allocated to the predetermined part of a first slot at every 0.5 ms of boundary.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate including a first region, a second region in contact with the first region with the first and second regions stacked in a first direction, and a third region extending from the first and second regions in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, to connect the first and second regions to each other in bent form, a first semiconductor chip on a first side opposite to a second side of the first region in contact with the second region, a second semiconductor chip on a first side opposite to a second side of the second region in contact with the first region, a first molding member on the first region and covering at least a portion of the first semiconductor chip, and a second molding member on the second region and covering at least a portion of the second semiconductor chip.

Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for performing online adaptation of machine learning model(s). For example, a process may include obtaining features extracted from a image by a machine learning model during inference and determining, by the machine learning model based on the features during inference, a plurality of keypoint estimates in the image and/or a bounding region estimate associated with an object in the image. The process may further include generating pseudo-label(s) based on the plurality of keypoint estimates and/or the bounding region estimate. The process may include determining at least one self-supervised loss based on the plurality of keypoint estimates and/or the bounding region estimate. The process may further include adapting, based on the at least one self-supervised loss, parameter(s) of the machine learning model. The process may include generating, using the machine learning model with the adapted parameter(s), a segmentation mask for the image (or another image).

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the following steps: transmitting, to a terminal, information of a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequences and information of a plurality of data transformation techniques, transforming a data symbol sequence on the basis of the plurality of data transformation techniques, performing an inverse discrete Fourier transformation (IDFT) on combinations of the plurality of transformed data symbol sequences and the plurality of DMRS sequences, measuring peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) values with respect to each of the IDFT-performed signals, selecting an IDFT-performed signal having the lowest PAPR value as a result of the measurement, and the selected IDFT-performed signal may be transmitted to a terminal.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for processing data (e.g., image data). For instance, according to some aspects of the disclosure, a method may include receiving, at a transformer of a machine learning system, learnable queries, keys, and values obtained from a feature map of a segmentation model of the machine learning system. The method may further include learning, via the transformer, a mapping between an unsupervised output and a supervised output of the segmentation model based on the feature map.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for processing one or more images. For instance, according to some aspects of the disclosure, a method may include obtaining an unlabeled image and generating at least one transformed image based on the unlabeled image. The method may include processing the unlabeled image using a pre-trained semantic segmentation model to generate a first segmentation output. The method may further include processing the at least one transformed image using the pre-trained semantic segmentation model to generate at least a second segmentation output. The method may include fine-tuning, based on the first segmentation output and at least the second segmentation output, one or more parameters of the pre-trained semantic segmentation model.

Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus includes a base, a roller installation table installed on the base, a wafer support unit disposed at the roller installation table and having a support roller for rotatably supporting an edge of a wafer, a pressing roller installed on the roller installation table and above the wafer support unit, and configured to press opposite surfaces of the wafer, and a driving unit providing a force in a direction, crossing a direction of a central axis of the pressing roller, so that a shape of the pressing roller is deformed. The pressing roller deformed by the driving unit applies a first pressure to a central portion of the wafer and a second pressure, different from the first pressure, to an edge portion of the water.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a peripheral region and a cell region therein. A first semiconductor active pattern is provided, which protrudes from the substrate in the peripheral region. A second semiconductor active pattern is provided, which protrudes from the substrate in the cell region. A first edge of an upper portion of the first semiconductor active pattern has a rounded shape, and a second edge of an upper portion of the second semiconductor active pattern has a rounded shape. A curvature of the first edge is greater than a curvature of the second edge.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a novel framework for integrating both semantic and instance contexts for panoptic segmentation. In one example aspect, a method for processing image data includes: processing semantic feature data and instance feature data with a panoptic encoding generator to generate a panoptic encoding; processing the panoptic encoding to generate a panoptic segmentation features; and generating the panoptic segmentation mask based on the panoptic segmentation features.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cylindrical battery having multiple tabs is provided in which the cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly, a cylindrical pouch case, an electrode tab protruding to an upper end of the electrode assembly, and an electrode lead welded and electrically connected to the electrode tab, with the electrode tab being plural. The method includes disposing the plurality of electrode tabs on the electrode assembly; winding the electrode assembly into a cylindrical shape; connecting the electrode lead to the plurality of electrode tabs disposed on the upper end of the electrode assembly; inserting the electrode assembly into the cylindrical pouch case to produce a battery cell; connecting, to the cylindrical pouch case, a gas collecting part for collecting gas generated due to charging and discharging of the electrode; and forming a guide part for preventing deformation of the battery cell in the cylindrical pouch case.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate polishing method comprising placing a substrate into a substrate polishing apparatus, rotating each of the substrate and a polishing pad of the substrate polishing apparatus, allowing a bottom surface of the substrate to contact a top surface of the polishing pad, and determining whether the polishing pad would benefit from maintenance. The polishing pad includes a plurality of annular regions that are homocentric with a central point of the top surface of the polishing pad. The step of determining whether the polishing pad would benefit from maintenance includes ascertaining a state of the bottom surface of the substrate, and selecting one of the plurality of annular regions by using information about the state of the bottom surface of the substrate. The one of the plurality of annular regions would benefit from maintenance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cylindrical battery having multiple tabs is provided in which the cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly, a cylindrical pouch case, an electrode tab protruding to an upper end of the electrode assembly, and an electrode lead welded and electrically connected to the electrode tab, with the electrode tab being plural. The method includes disposing the plurality of electrode tabs on the electrode assembly; winding the electrode assembly into a cylindrical shape; connecting the electrode lead to the plurality of electrode tabs disposed on the upper end of the electrode assembly; inserting the electrode assembly into the cylindrical pouch case to produce a battery cell; connecting, to the cylindrical pouch case, a gas collecting part for collecting gas generated due to charging and discharging of the electrode; and forming a guide part for preventing deformation of the battery cell in the cylindrical pouch case.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels formed at crossings of data lines and gate line parts and a main power supply line part supplying a cell driving voltage to the pixels. The main power supply line part includes a plurality of main power supply lines disposed along a first direction and main power supply line connection patterns for connecting the adjacent main power supply lines along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The main power supply line connection patterns are staggered along the second direction.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including sub-pixels emitting light of at least three colors, and a driver supplying a driving signal to the display panel, wherein each of the sub-pixels emitting at least three colors includes an opening region emitting its own color and a light-emitting participation region additionally emitting the same color as or different color from the its own color.