Abstract: Disclosed is an AI-based product surface inspecting apparatus. The AI-based apparatus includes: a sensor unit which photographs a product to generate image data and measures a color, a saturation, a brightness, a transparency, and/or a reflectance of the product; a detection unit which detects a defect on the product by inputting the image data to a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained to detect a defect on a product surface; and a preprocessor which converts the image data based on the color, the saturation, the brightness, the transparency, and/or the reflectance of the product to input the converted data to the detection unit. The number of convolution layers of the convolutional neural network is determined based on a defect detection difficulty determined according to at least one of the color, the saturation, the brightness, the transparency, and the reflectance of the product and a defect type.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a vacuum space formed between an outer case and an inner case of a body thereof for enhancing a heat insulating function. The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an outside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case sealed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of operating the same. The semiconductor device includes a gate stack including first interlayer insulating layers and word line stack layers alternately stacked, a vertical channel structure extending in a vertical direction in the gate stack, and memory structures interposed between the word line stack layers and the vertical channel structure, each of the word line stack layers includes an even conductive layer, a second interlayer insulating layer, and an odd conductive layer sequentially stacked, and a thickness of any one of the first interlayer insulating layers is greater than a thickness of any one of the second interlayer insulating layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwasher configured to perform a separate storage mode and a single drying course including only a single drying step by using a sorption drying device to meet a user's need to perform only an step of quickly drying dishes and the user's need to store dishes in a clean state for a long period of time, thereby significantly improving user convenience.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention or treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of taurodeoxycholic acid as an active ingredient. Specifically, it has been confirmed that administration of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of taurodeoxycholic acid results in a reduction of pulmonary fibrosis and the expression of pulmonary fibrosis-related factors in both an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis animal model and a pulmonary fibrosis cell model. Therefore, taurodeoxycholic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be utilized as an active ingredient in a composition for the prevention or treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.

Abstract: A resilient member according to an embodiment comprises one surface and the other surface opposite from the one surface. In a resilient member comprising a first area and a second area, the first area is defined as a folding area, and the second area is defined as a non-folding area. A plurality of first patterns are formed on the first area, and a plurality of second patterns are formed on the second area. The first patterns or the second patterns are formed by holes or grooves. The surface area of second openings, which are formed by the holes or grooves of the second patterns on the one surface or the other surface, differ from one another within the second area.

Abstract: Disclosed is an AI-based product surface inspecting apparatus for adjusting a number of convolution layers. The AI-based apparatus includes: a sensor unit which photographs a product to generate image data and measures at least one of a color, a saturation, a brightness, a transparency, and a reflectance of the product; and a detection unit which detects a defect on the product by inputting the image data to a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained to detect a defect on a product surface, wherein a number of convolution layers of the convolutional neural network is determined based on a defect detection difficulty determined according to at least one of the color, the saturation, the brightness, the transparency, and the reflectance of the product and a defect type.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a neural network inference circuit (NNIC) for executing a neural network that includes multiple computation nodes at multiple layers. The NNIC includes multiple core circuits including memories for storing input values for the computation nodes. The NNIC includes a set of post-processing circuits for computing output values of the computation nodes. The output values for a first layer are for storage in the core circuits as input values for a second layer. The NNIC includes an output bus that connects the post-processing circuits to the core circuits. The output bus is for (i) receiving a set of output values from the post-processing circuits, (ii) transporting the output values of the set to the core circuits based on configuration data specifying a core circuit at which each of the output values is to be stored, and (iii) aligning the output values for storage in the core circuits.

Abstract: Provided is a collector including an adhesion enhancing layer capable of providing a positive electrode having excellent adhesion and low interfacial resistance, a positive electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode. The collector includes a conductive metal layer, and an adhesion enhancing layer provided on at least one surface of the conductive metal layer, wherein the adhesion enhancing layer has a surface roughness (Ra) of 90 nm to 600 nm and a diiodomethane contact angle of 70° to 120°.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for failure notification in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: detecting a failure of a backhaul link; performing a connection re-establishment attempt upon detecting the failure of the backhaul link; and transmitting a failure notification to a second wireless device based on a determination that the connection re-establishment attempt fails.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a light-emitting part including a light source for emitting light of multiple wavelengths including a first wavelength band corresponding to a first bandwidth, a second wavelength band corresponding to a second bandwidth, and a third wavelength band corresponding to a third bandwidth, a light-receiving part for detecting reflection light reflected from the user's skin, by light of multiple wavelengths, a signal acquisition part for selecting light of two or more wavelengths at which an oxygen hemoglobin absorption rate is the same as a reduced hemoglobin absorption rate, from among the reflection light, the signal acquisition part acquiring pulse wave signals corresponding to the light of the selected wavelengths, and an estimating part for estimating a percentage of an object to be detected, on the basis of an absorption rate of each wavelength of pulse wave signals.

Abstract: A clip for a roof molding is coupled to a lower portion of a roof molding configured to cover junction surfaces of a roof panel and a side outer panel of a vehicle. The clip includes first and second bodies formed in a width direction of the roof molding and configured to face each other, a first connection part configured to connect one end of the first body and one end of the second body, and a second connection part configured to connect the other end of the first body and the other end of the second body. The clip further includes a tolerance absorbing support part having one end coupled to one end of a side of the first body adjacent to the first connection part, and the other end coupled to one end of a side of the second body adjacent to the first connection part.

Abstract: A sleep management system includes a plurality of sensors obtaining user data; a hub device configured to preprocess the user data obtained by the plurality of sensors; and a user device configured to obtain the preprocessed user data from the hub device. The user device determines a stability level of the user based on the preprocessed user data, provides a sleep induction program corresponding to the stability level of the user through a user interface, monitors a change in the stability level of the user according to the providing of the sleep induction program, and provides feedback information corresponding to the change in the stability level of the user through the user interface.

Abstract: A release film including: a base film; and a release layer disposed on one surface of the base film, wherein the release layer is a cured layer of a release composition including a heterocyclic compound including nitrogen and polydimethylsiloxane, and when analyzing a surface using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the release layer has an atomic ratio of nitrogen (N) to silicon (Si) (N/Si) of 0.6 to 1.1.

Abstract: A display device includes a first plate, a second plate disposed on the first plate, and a display module disposed on the second plate. The display module includes a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a first folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, and a second folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area. The first folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face one another in a first use form. The second folding area is configured to fold so as to bring the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area to face away one another in a second use form.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave; and a sixth lens having a refractive power and an object-side surface that is concave, wherein the first lens through the sixth lens are sequentially disposed in numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane, and the optical imaging system satisfies the conditional expressions 0.7<TL/f<1.0 and TL/2<f1, where TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, f is an overall focal length of the optical imaging system, and f1 is a focal length of the first lens.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma generating system including: a resonant inverter including a switching circuit and configured to generate a device output current and a device output voltage, and to have a switching frequency based on an input DC current and an input DC voltage; a plasma source configured to generate a plasma based on the device output current and the device output voltage; a controller configured to control the switching frequency of the resonant inverter based on a value of the input DC current, a value of the input DC voltage, a value of the device output current, and a value of the device output voltage; and a junction temperature estimator configured to: estimate a current output from the switching circuit based on the value of the input DC voltage, the value of the device output current, and the value of the device output voltage, generate an inverted current estimate value, and estimate a junction temperature of the switching circuit based on the inverted current estimate value.

Abstract: A current collector, which electrically connects an electrode assembly and a battery housing included in a cylindrical battery, is provided. The current collector includes a loop-shaped portion configured to surround a periphery of a central axis of the electrode assembly to define an opening region that exposes the first electrode tab; a tab coupling portion configured to extend toward the opening region from an inner side of the loop-shaped portion adjacent to the opening region and coupled with the first electrode tab exposed through the opening region; and a housing coupling portion configured to extend toward the inner circumference of the battery housing from an outer side of the loop-shaped portion and coupled with the battery housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating system including a cigarette and an aerosol generating device. The cigarette includes a first substrate section and a second substrate section which include a non-tobacco material sheet containing an aerosol generating material, and the aerosol generating device includes a single heater disposed so that a heating area of the first substrate section is different from a heating area of the second substrate section.

Abstract: A display device includes a transistor including an active layer disposed on a substrate and a gate electrode disposed on the active layer, a gate insulating layer disposed between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a first insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode. The first insulating layer may include a first layer covering the active layer, the gate insulating layer, and the gate electrode and including silicon oxide, a second layer disposed on the first layer and including silicon oxynitride, and a third layer disposed on the second layer and including silicon nitride.