Abstract: Provided is a meta optical device including a plurality of phase modulation regions respectively including a plurality of nanostructures and configured to modulate a phase of incident light, wherein a phase retardation profile of the plurality of phase modulation regions monotonically change with respect to light of a plurality of wavelength bands apart from each other, and wherein phase modulation ranges with respect to the light of the plurality of wavelength bands are different from each other.

Abstract: An artificial intelligence refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present disclosure can comprise: an inner door; an outer door having a transparent display on the front surface thereof; one or more cameras provided to the outer door; a sensor for sensing the opening/closing or opening angle of the outer door; and one or more processors for determining whether the opening angle of the outer door is a preset angle when closing of the outer door is sensed, photographing the inner door through the one or more cameras when the opening angle of the outer door is the preset angle, acquiring, on the basis of a captured image, the storage state of food stored in the inner door, and displaying food management information on the transparent display on the basis of the acquired storage state.

Abstract: A meta-lens, an imaging optics, and an electronic device including the imaging optics are provided. The meta-lens includes at least one meta-layer having a plurality of nanostructures with a less shape dimension than an operating wavelength, modulates a phase and intensity of incident light, and forms a plurality of spots of different brightness on an imaging plane in an asymmetric distribution. The plurality of spots formed on the imaging plane include a main spot and at least one sub-spot that is separated from a center of the main spot and has lower illuminance than the main spot.

Abstract: A display device includes: an image projector including an image forming device and a meta-lens module and configured to output image light formed by the image forming device; and a meta-waveguide configured to transfer the image light output from the image projector, to an observer's field of view, the meta-waveguide including waveguide element configured to totally reflect light inside, an input coupler including a plurality of first nanostructures forming a first phase gradient in a first direction and configured to couple the image light from the image projector to an inside of the waveguide element, and an output coupler including a plurality of second nanostructures forming a second phase gradient in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to output the light coupled to the inside of the waveguide element by the input coupler, to an outside of the waveguide element.

Abstract: Provided is a metalens including a first metasurface including a plurality of first nanostructures disposed based on a first shape distribution, and a second metasurface spaced apart from the first metasurface at a distance greater than a central wavelength of a predetermined wavelength band, the second metasurface including a plurality of second nanostructures disposed based on a second shape distribution, wherein the metalens provides chromatic aberration for light in the predetermined wavelength band.

Abstract: Provided is a meta-optical device exhibiting a target phase delay profile with respect to incident light of a predetermined wavelength band, the meta-optical device including: a first layer including a plurality of first nanostructures and a first surrounding material surrounding the plurality of first nanostructures, and having a first phase delay profile of a first tendency that is substantially equal to a tendency of the target phase delay profile; a second layer including a plurality of second nanostructures and a second surrounding material surrounding the plurality of second nanostructures, and having a second phase delay profile of a second tendency that is substantially opposite to the tendency of the target phase delay profile; and a third layer including a plurality of third nanostructures and a third surrounding material surrounding the plurality of third nanostructures, wherein the third layer is different from the second layer in terms of at least one of a material and an arrangement rule.

Abstract: A meta lens assembly includes a first meta lens, a second meta lens arranged on an image side of the first meta lens, and a third meta lens arranged on an image side of the second meta lens, the first meta lens, the second meta lens, and the third meta lens being arranged from an object side of the meta lens assembly to an image side of the meta lens assembly facing an image sensor.

Abstract: A meta-optical device includes a plurality of phase modulation areas configured to modulate a phase of an incident light, each of the plurality of phase modulation areas including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape and an arrangement that are determined according to a respective rule set for each of the plurality of phase modulation areas; and a compensation area located between a kth phase modulation area and a (k+1)th phase modulation area adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of phase modulation areas, and including a compensation structure for buffering an effective refractive index change occurring in a boundary area between the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area according to respective rules of the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area, wherein N is a number of the plurality of phase modulation areas, k and N are natural numbers, and k is equal to or greater than 1 and less than N.

Abstract: An optical hybrid lens includes a refractive lens having a curved lens surface, a metalens including at least one metasurface formed on the curved lens surface to follow the curved lens surface of the refractive lens and including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape dimension of a sub-wavelength of incident light, and an adhesive layer between the curved lens surface of the refractive lens and the metalens. The metalens includes at least one metasurface including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape dimension of a sub-wavelength of incident light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to home appliances treating the laundry or object received therein using artificial intelligence. Specifically, the home appliance may include an artificial intelligence-based laundry washing machine that recognizes a load based on vision and automatically provides a specific course. The home appliance include a processor configured to: obtain a learning result from a learning operation using image information previously acquired using the camera and treatment information previously acquired from user interface; and process image information currently acquired using the camera with respect to the learning result, thereby to generate and set current treatment information; and control the home appliance to treat the object based on the set current treatment information.

Abstract: A linear compressor according to the present disclosure may include a piston reciprocating within a cylinder, a motor providing a driving force for the motion of the piston, a sensing unit configured to sense a motor voltage and a motor current associated with the motor, a discharge portion provided at one end of the cylinder to regulate the discharge of refrigerant compressed in the cylinder, a control unit configured to compute at least one control parameter associated with the motion of the piston using at least one of the motor voltage and the motor current sensed by the sensing unit, and a deep learning operation unit configured to receive the control parameter, and output a compensation value associated with an absolute position of the piston using artificial neural network technology.

Abstract: Provided is a meta-optical device including a first layer including a plurality of first nanostructures and a first material disposed adjacent to the plurality of first nanostructures, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer including a plurality of second nanostructures and a second material disposed adjacent to the plurality of second nanostructures, wherein the first layer and the second layer include regions in which signs of an effective refractive index change rate in a first direction are opposite to each other, and wherein the meta-optical device is configured to obtain a target phase delay profile with respect to incident light of a predetermined wavelength band.

Abstract: A meta-lens includes a first region including a plurality of first nanostructures two-dimensionally arranged in a circumferential direction and a radial direction based on a center point and distributed according to a first rule; and a plurality of second regions surrounding the first region and including a plurality of second nanostructures two-dimensionally arranged in the circumferential direction and the radial direction based on the center point and distributed according to a second rule, wherein a section satisfying ?w×?p>0 and a section satisfying ?W×?p<0 coexist is formed in the first region and any one of the plurality of second regions, w denoting a width of each of the plurality of first nanostructures or the plurality of second nanostructures and p denoting an arrangement interval in the circumferential direction between the plurality of first nanostructures or the plurality of second nanostructures.

Abstract: Provided is a lens assembly including a first lens having positive optical power with respect to incident light incident from an object side and having a convex surface facing the object side, and a second lens including a meta-lens having negative chromatic aberration with respect to the incident light passing through the first lens.

Abstract: Door open monitoring for an intelligent device is disclosed. In a method for monitoring a door of an intelligent device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is decided whether to send a message relating to the ventilation of the inside of a drum by analyzing an image generated through a camera placed in the door. A door monitoring system of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligent module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a 5G service-related device, etc.

Abstract: A meta lens includes a first lens surface, and a second lens surface provided opposite to the first lens surface, wherein at least one of the first lens surface and the second lens surface is a metasurface including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength dimension that is less than a central wavelength ?0 in an operation wavelength band of the meta lens, and wherein a deflection property of the first lens surface and a deflection property of the second lens surface based on positions of incident light are opposite to each other in at least some regions of each of the first lens surface and the second lens surface.

Abstract: Provided is a meta-optical device including a meta-lens including a plurality of nano-structures, a band pass filter configured to transmit light of predetermined wavelengths within an operation wavelength band of the meta-lens, and a spacer layer provided between the meta-lens and the band pass filter to support the plurality of nano-structures and to form a separation distance between the meta-lens and the band pass filter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor device and an electronic device capable of providing a better spectral characteristic. A sensor device is provided with a semiconductor substrate on which a photodiode is formed, a filter included in a multilayer structure stacked on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and a moth-eye structure arranged on an outermost surface above the filter. Then, a surface plasmon resonance filter or a Fabry-Perot resonator filter is used as the filter. The present technology may be applied to, for example, a spectral device which performs multi-spectroscopy or hyperspectral spectroscopy.

Abstract: Provided is a metalens including a first metasurface including a plurality of first nanostructures disposed based on a first shape distribution, and a second metasurface spaced apart from the first metasurface at a distance greater than a central wavelength of a predetermined wavelength band, the second metasurface including a plurality of second nanostructures disposed based on a second shape distribution, wherein the metalens provides chromatic aberration for light in the predetermined wavelength band.

Abstract: A linear compressor according to the present disclosure may include a piston reciprocating within a cylinder, a motor providing a driving force for the motion of the piston, a sensing unit configured to sense a motor voltage and a motor current associated with the motor, a discharge portion provided at one end of the cylinder to regulate the discharge of refrigerant compressed in the cylinder, a control unit configured to compute at least one control parameter associated with the motion of the piston using at least one of the motor voltage and the motor current sensed by the sensing unit, and a deep learning operation unit configured to receive the control parameter, and output a compensation value associated with an absolute position of the piston using artificial neural network technology.