Abstract: A method for implementing virtual internal combustion engine vibration in an electric vehicle includes collecting operation variable information for determining a torque instruction and implementing the virtual internal combustion engine vibration, determining a virtual internal combustion engine vibration characteristic based on the collected operation variable information, determining a vibration torque instruction having the determined virtual internal combustion engine vibration characteristic, correcting the vibration torque instruction by correcting the determined virtual internal combustion engine vibration characteristic of the vibration torque instruction and/or a value of the vibration torque instruction, based on a basic motor torque instruction determined by the collected operation variable information and preset backlash occurring area information, determining a final motor torque instruction using the basic motor torque instruction and the corrected vibration torque instruction.

Abstract: Omniphilic and superomniphilic surfaces for simultaneous vapor condensation and airborne liquid droplet collection are provided. Also provided are methods for using the surfaces to condense liquid vapor and/or capture airborne liquid droplets, such as water droplets found in mist and fog. The surfaces provide enhanced capture and transport efficiency based on preferential capillary condensation on high surface energy surfaces, thin film dynamics, and force convection.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle sound are provided. The apparatus a detection device that detects driving information and drive mode setting information and a processing device electrically connected with the detection device. The processing device determines an emotional state of a driver based on at least one of the driving information or the drive mode setting information, determines a sound concept depending on the emotional state of the driver, and controls a vehicle sound depending on the sound concept.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a first panel pad, and a second panel pad and a circuit board including a first substrate pad and a second substrate pad to apply a first power voltage to the first panel pad and the second panel. The display panel further includes a first power line pattern connected to the second substrate pad to apply the first power voltage to the pixels and a second power line pattern connected to the first substrate pad. The circuit board includes a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit connected between the first substrate pad and the second substrate pad, a substrate power pattern electrically connected to the first substrate pad, a ground pattern receiving a ground voltage, and a second electrostatic discharge protection circuit connected between the substrate power pattern and the ground pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.

Abstract: A virtual driving simulation device and a method for improving a sensation of immersion therefore that may improve the sensation of immersion for a driving simulation in a virtual environment includes a microphone for measuring a 3D sound, and a processor that is configured to record the 3D sound through the microphone, analyze a sound realization influence by reproducing the recorded 3D sound through higher-order ambisonics (HOA) encoding and HOA decoding, and realize the sensation of immersion based on a result of analyzing the sound realization influence.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sensory experience providing apparatus for providing a sensory experience based on sound in a vehicle, and a method thereof. The controller is configured to receive a sound played in the vehicle, extract a sound feature from the received sound, generate sensory information based on the extracted sound feature, and provide a sensory experience based on the sensory information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a flexible vibration cushion and a method of controlling the same. The flexible vibration cushion may include a cover member, a first soft filler material filled in the cover member; and a vibration generation device including components made of a soft material and disposed in the soft filler. The vibration generation device is configured to generate vibration as an electrostatic force is repeatedly generated and released. The vibration generation device may be applied in a vehicle part, e.g., headrest, thereby minimizing the foreign body sensation acting on the user’s skin while delivering soft and various senses of vibrations to the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing oats having high-content avenanthramides using elicitors.

Abstract: A neuromorphic device includes a synaptic array, and a neuron circuit connected to the synaptic array, configured to accumulate an output current of the synaptic array, and configured to output a spike pulse when the accumulated current exceeds a threshold value, wherein a discharge switching element for discharging the current accumulated in the neuron circuit includes a synaptic element of the same type as an element included in the synaptic array.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for enhancing an immune response using the activating function of dendritic cells of a stromal vascular fraction isolated from adipose tissue, and in particular, a composition for enhancing an immune response for anti-tumor use.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a first wiring structure which includes a first material, and has a first width on a lowest surface in a first direction and a second wiring structure which includes a second material, is spaced apart from the first wiring structure in the first direction, and has a second width smaller than the first width on a lowest surface in the first direction, wherein a highest surface of the first wiring structure has a third width smaller than the first width in the first direction, and a highest surface of the second wiring structure has a fourth width smaller than the second width in the first direction.

Abstract: An electrode cutting device is provided. The electrode cutting device may perform a full-width cutting process and an edge cutting process together to simplify the manufacturing process, thereby significantly improving work efficiency. Particularly, an edge of the electrode is uniformly cut to prevent defects from occurring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof. A negative electrode active material, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises silicon-based primary particles, and a particle size distribution of the silicon-based primary particles is D10?50 nm and D90?150 nm. The negative electrode active material suppresses or reduces tensile hoop stress generated in lithiated silicon particles during a charging of a battery to thus suppress a crack due to a volume expansion of the silicon particles and/or an irreversible reaction caused by the crack, such that the lifetime and capacity of the battery can be improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate having a plurality of active fins, each of the plurality of active fins extending in a first direction, first and second gate structures crossing over the plurality of active fins, the first and second gate structures extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the first and second gate structures spaced apart from each other in the first direction, at least one insulating barrier extending in the first direction and between the plurality of active fins, the insulating barrier separating lower portions of the first and second gate structures from each other, and a gate isolation layer connected to a portion of the insulating barrier, the gate isolation unit separating upper portions of the first and second gate structures from each other may be provided.

Abstract: A sound generation apparatus for an electrification vehicle and a method of use thereof are provided. In example embodiments, the sound generation apparatus receives driving information, determines a driving situation based on the driving information, designs an acceleration sound when the driving situation is determined as an acceleration situation, or designs a cornering sound when the driving situation is determined as a cornering situation, and plays and outputs the acceleration sound or the cornering sound.

Abstract: A sheet cutting and fusion apparatus including upper and lower cutters at uppermost and lowermost surfaces, respectively, of a plurality of overlapping sheets. The upper and lower cutters includes first and second cutting surfaces configured for contacting the lower cutter without any step when the upper cutter is moved vertically and the upper cutter without any step when the lower cutter is moved vertically, respectively; first and second fusion portions parallel to the first cutting surface and to the second cutting surface, respectively; first and second steps extending between the first cutting surface and first fusion portion and extending between the second cutting surface and second fusion portion, respectively; lower and upper surfaces configured to face one of the sheets, respectively; and first and second connection portions each having a curved corner connecting the lower surface and first fusion portion and connecting the upper surface and second fusion portion, respectively.

Abstract: A device and a method for controlling a seat of a vehicle includes a detector for detecting vehicle environment information, a vibration generator mounted on the vehicle seat to generate the seat vibration, and a controller electrically connected to the detector and the vibration generator, and the controller detects seat environment information through the detector, determines a weight and a sitting posture of a user seated in the vehicle seat based on the seat environment information, determines a vibration pattern and a vibration excitation force based on the weight and the sitting posture of the user, and generates the seat vibration by controlling the vibration generator based on the determined vibration pattern and vibration excitation force.

Abstract: Provided is a simulation method performed by a process simulator, implemented with a recurrent neural network (RNN) including a plurality of process emulation cells, which are arranged in time series and configured to train and predict, based on a final target profile, a profile of each process step included in a semiconductor manufacturing process. The simulation method includes: receiving, at a first process emulation cell, a previous output profile provided at a previous process step, a target profile and process condition information of a current process step; and generating, at the first process emulation cell, a current output profile corresponding to the current process step, based on the target profile, the process condition information, and prior knowledge information, the prior knowledge information defining a time series causal relationship between the previous process step and the current process step.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable communication device including a housing, a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the housing, a wireless communication circuit mounted on the first PCB, and a second PCB including a connection part connected with the first PCB, a first PCB portion extended from the connection part and having greater flexibility than the connection part, a second PCB portion extended from the first PCB portion and having less flexibility than the first PCB portion, a third PCB portion extended from the second PCB portion and having greater flexibility than the second PCB portion, a fourth PCB portion extended from the third PCB portion and having less flexibility than the first PCB portion, a signal line extended to the connection part along the first, second, third, and fourth PCB portions, and vias arranged in at least a partial area of the second PCB portion or the fourth PCB portion, wherein a portion of the signal line is located between some of the vias.