Abstract: An example electronic device includes a housing; a touchscreen display; a microphone; at least one speaker; a button disposed on a portion of the housing or set to be displayed on the touchscreen display; a wireless communication circuit; a processor; and a memory. When a user interface is not displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables a user to receive a user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to an external server. An instruction for performing a task is received from the server. When the user interface is displayed on the touchscreen display, the electronic device enables the user to receive the user input through the button, receives user speech through the microphone, and then provides data on the user speech to the external server.

Abstract: Provided is a pouch secondary battery. The pouch-type secondary battery may include an electrode assembly and a pouch-type battery case. The pouch-type battery case may include a cup part configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, a pair of first sealing parts disposed at both sides of the cup part perpendicular to a length direction, and a second sealing part configured to connect the pair of first sealing parts to each other and disposed at one side of the cup part perpendicular to a width direction. When an area of the first sealing part is A mm2, and a weight of the electrode assembly is B g, a ratio A/B may be about 0.29 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise configuring an MPM list based on intra-prediction modes of neighbor blocks of a current block and a number of frequencies of the intra-prediction modes of the neighbor blocks, deriving an intra-prediction mode of the current block based on the MPM list, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode.

Abstract: A plasticizer composition including a citrate-based material and an epoxidized oil, and the plasticizer composition capable of maintaining an excellent plasticization efficiency and providing an improved mechanical properties and stress resistance when compared with conventional phthalate-based plasticizer products.

Abstract: A device and method for performing fast grid-based refining segmentation (FGRS) for video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) is proposed. The method may include dividing a space of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud into multiple grids to derive multiple voxels, searching for filled voxels including one or more points, searching for surrounding voxels which are filled voxels within a certain radius from each of the filled voxels, and searching for edge voxels which are present at a segment edge among all the filled voxels. The method may also include calculating smooth scores for surrounding voxels of each edge voxel and calculating a smooth score sum which is a smooth score for the edge voxel on the basis of the smooth scores of the surrounding voxels of the edge voxel, and updating a projection plane index (PPI) for each individual point in the edge voxel using the calculated smooth score sum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide with anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the peptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, the peptide has above 80% homology of amino acid sequence with above-mentioned sequence, or the peptide is the fragment of the above-mentioned peptides. The present invention also relates to an inflammatory composition comprising the above mentioned peptides. According to the present invention, a peptide comprising a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 has an outstanding efficacy in both suppressing inflammation and in prophylactic means. Therefore, the composition comprising the peptide of this invention can be used as anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition or as cosmetic composition, in turn, treating and preventing a variety of different types of inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element including a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, and a common electrode. A capping layer is disposed on the common electrode. An auxiliary layer is disposed on the capping layer. A thin film encapsulation layer includes a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer, and a third encapsulation layer. The first encapsulation layer includes a first inorganic insulating layer including silicon nitride; a second inorganic insulating layer including silicon oxide; and a third inorganic insulating layer including silicon oxynitride. The auxiliary layer has a thickness of 200 ? to 1400 ?, the first inorganic insulating layer has a thickness of 400 ? to 3500 ?, the second inorganic insulating layer has a thickness of 200 ? to 2400 ?, and the third inorganic insulating layer has a thickness of 4000 ? or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image encoding method according to the present invention may comprise generating a transform block by performing at least one of transform and quantization; grouping at least one coefficient included in the transform block into at least one coefficient group (CG); scanning at least one coefficient included in the coefficient group; and encoding the at least one coefficient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for preparing oligonucleotides used to detect a nucleotide mutation of interest in a target nucleic acid sequence.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern including: a lower pattern extending in a first direction, and a plurality of sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a second direction; a gate structure on the lower pattern and including a gate electrode and a gate insulating film including an interfacial insulating film including a first vertical portion and a horizontal portion. A dimension in a third direction of the first vertical portion is greater than a dimension in the second direction of the horizontal portion. The first vertical portion includes: a first area contacting a source/drain pattern; and a second area provided between the first area and the gate electrode. The interfacial insulating film includes a first element other than silicon, wherein a concentration of the first element in the first area is greater than a concentration of the first element in the second area.

Abstract: An apparatus for embedding a sentence feature vector according to an embodiment includes a sentence acquisitor configured to acquire a first sentence and a second sentence, each including one or more words; a vector extractor configured to extract a first feature vector corresponding to the first sentence and a second feature vector corresponding to the second sentence by independently inputting each of the first sentence and the second sentence into a feature extraction network; and a vector compressor configured to compress the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a first compressed vector and a second compressed vector, respectively, by independently inputting each of the first feature vector and the second feature vector into a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based vector compression network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of coding units, constructing a coding unit group including at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units, obtaining coding information in units of one coding unit group, and decoding at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units included in the coding unit group by using the obtained coding information.

Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate; a circuit array layer comprising pixel drivers, data lines, first dummy lines, and second dummy lines; and a light emitting array layer. The display area comprises middle, first side, and second side regions. The data lines comprise first, second, and third data lines disposed in the middle, first side, and second side regions, respectively. The first dummy lines comprise a first data detour line disposed in the first side region and adjacent to a part of the second data line, and auxiliary lines. The second dummy lines comprise a second data detour line configured to connect the first data detour line to the third data line, and additional lines. The auxiliary lines comprise a bias auxiliary line to which a bias power is applied; and a second power auxiliary line to which a second power is applied.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a gate structure, a channel structure extending through the gate structure, a first hydrogen supply layer disposed on the gate structure, having a first hydrogen concentration, and comprising an oxygen vacancy, and a hydrogen blocking layer disposed on the first hydrogen supply layer and having a second hydrogen concentration lower than the first hydrogen concentration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving mode switching device and a driving mode switching method. Particularly, the driving mode switching device according to the present disclosure comprises: a driving mode switching determination unit for determining to switch a driving mode of a vehicle to either an autonomous driving mode or a manual driving mode on the basis of at least one from among driving information, detection information, and driver detection information; and a driving mode switching unit for controlling a transition section in which the driving mode is switched and/or the ratio of turning control signals in the driving modes on the basis of at least one from among the driving information, the detection information, and the driver detection information when it is determined that the driving mode is to be switched, and switching the driving mode by changing the turning control signal.

Abstract: A vehicle seat reinforcement device includes a leg portion mounted on a floor panel, a seat cushion frame slidably mounted on the leg portion, and a load reinforcing structure connected between the leg portion and the seat cushion frame, wherein when a seat belt anchorage load is transferred to the seat cushion frame, the seat cushion frame is locked to the leg portion by the load reinforcing structure.

Abstract: A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oxidizing electrode, a water electrolysis device including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an oxidizing electrode with improved performance at low loadings of noble metals, especially, ruthenium (Ru) and iridium oxide, in which a ruthenium (Ru) layer and an iridium oxide layer formed on a substrate by electrodeposition in a sequential order are supported by electrochemical reaction rather than physical bonding.

Abstract: A server according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to receive a friend add request for a target account from a user terminal accessed with a user account; based on one of the user account and the target account being a protected account, transmit an approval request for the friend add request to a protector account connected to the protected account; and based on receiving a reply to the approval request from the protector terminal, add the target account to a friend list of the user account.