Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method, device and recording medium based sed on multiple compression levels disclosure may include extracting a region of interest for machine vision from an input image, determining a compression level of the region of interest, and encoding the compression level of the region of interest.

Abstract: A surface plasmon resonance imaging apparatus is provided. The surface plasmon resonance imaging apparatus includes a light irradiation unit configured to irradiate polarized light onto a metal coating film provided on one surface of a prism, a light modulator configured to spatially pattern-encode light reflected by the metal coating film and the prism, a light detector configured to detect a pattern-encoded light signal, obtained through pattern-encoding by the light modulator, as a spectral signal, a signal processor configured to spatially decode the spectral signal and analyze a decoded spectral signal to generate characteristic data of a sample provided on the metal coating film, and an output unit configured to output the characteristic data of the sample as a two-dimensional (2D) image.

Abstract: An object-based image encoding/decoding method and device of the present disclosure may include an image partition step which partitions an image to obtain a first object region, a region scaling step which scales the first object region based on a scaling factor of the first object region to obtain a second objection region, a region merging step which merges the second object region with at least one of an object region different from the second object region or a non-object region to obtain a merged image, and an image reconstruction step which reconstructs the merged image.

Abstract: An inverter driving apparatus includes an inverter having a plurality of legs respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of phases and the control unit generating space vector modulation signals based on a phase voltage command, each of the space vector modulation signals corresponding to each of the plurality of phases, respectively, determining whether an output voltage of the inverter corresponding to at least one space vector modulation signal of the space vector modulation is in a non-linear region by determining whether each voltage of the space vector modulation signals is included in a predetermined range, generating a terminal voltage command by determining whether or not to apply an offset voltage to each of the space vector modulation signals based on the determination of the non-linear region, and controlling a turn-on state of at least one switch included in each of the plurality of legs by modulating the terminal voltage command based on pulse width modulation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an amplification circuit, which includes a first amplifier that receives an external signal and performs first band pass filtering on the external signal to output a first filter signal, and a second amplifier that receives the first filter signal and performs second band pass filtering on the first filter signal to output a second filter signal, and a frequency pass bandwidth of the second band pass filtering is narrower than a frequency pass bandwidth of the first band pass filtering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an MDO thermoresistant heat-shrinkable multilayer film of a copolymer polyester having excellent thermal resistance. In particular, the present invention provides an MDO thermoresistant heat-shrinkable multilayer film that includes multiple skin layers capable of improving thermal resistance formed on a substrate layer capable of providing high shrinkage, and simultaneously has excellent thermal resistance and high shrinkage properties through MD orientation instead of the conventional TD orientation method.

Abstract: A hybrid communication device, an operation method thereof, and a communication system including the same are provided. The hybrid communication device includes a contact unit that includes an antenna for receiving a first communication signal and an electrode for receiving a second signal, a switch controller that includes a first switch and a second switch and controls the first switch and the second switch based on a change in capacitance of the electrode, and a signal processing unit that receives at least one of the first communication signal and the second communication signal from the contact unit via the first switch and processes the received signal. The first switch is connected to the contact unit, and the signal processing unit is connected to the first switch.

Abstract: Provided is a spike neural network circuit including a synapse configured to generate an operation signal based on an input spike signal and a weight, and a neuron configured to generate an output spike signal using a comparator configured to compare a voltage of a membrane signal generated based on the operation signal with a voltage of a threshold signal, wherein the comparator includes a bias circuit configured to conditionally supply a bias current of the comparator depending on the membrane signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescent display device and a method for sensing electrical characteristics thereof, and the electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a sensing pixel and a non-sensing pixel connected to each data line, the plurality of pixels sharing one sensing line, a sensing circuit configured to sense an electrical characteristic value of the sensing pixel based on a sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line, and a feedback unit configured to apply a feedback voltage according to the sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line to the data line of the non-sensing pixel.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes: a first wiring layer disposed on a substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first wiring layer and including an inorganic material; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and including an organic material; and a second wiring layer disposed on the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the first wiring layer through a contact hole of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A thickness of the second insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the first insulating layer. The contact hole includes a first sub-contact hole formed in the first insulating layer and a second sub-contact hole formed in the second insulating layer. At least part of at least one edge of the first sub-contact hole is covered with the second insulating layer.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule endoscope. The capsule endoscope includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging on a digestive tract in vivo to generate an image; an artificial neural network configured to determine whether there is a lesion area in the image; and a transmitter configured to transmit the image based on a determination result of the artificial neural network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescent display device and a method for sensing electrical characteristics thereof, and the electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a sensing pixel and a non-sensing pixel connected to each data line, the plurality of pixels sharing one sensing line, a sensing circuit configured to sense an electrical characteristic value of the sensing pixel based on a sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line, and a feedback unit configured to apply a feedback voltage according to the sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line to the data line of the non-sensing pixel.

Abstract: The human body sensing device includes a contact sensing unit that includes a sensing electrode and a signal electrode, an activation module that senses a contact with a body through the sensing electrode when the sensing electrode and the signal electrode contact the body and outputs a wake-up signal in response to the sensing of the contact, and a human body communication unit that provides a ground voltage to the signal electrode and outputs a data signal to the signal electrode when the wake-up signal from the activation module is received.

Abstract: Provided are a capsule endoscopic receiving device, a capsule endoscope system including the same, and an operating method of the capsule endoscopic receiving device, the capsule endoscopic receiving device including an analog front end configured to receive a preamble from one receiving electrode pair from among a plurality of receiving electrodes, a valid signal detection circuit configured to compare a reference voltage with input data generated on a basis of a voltage level of the preamble, and a preamble processor configured to select a final electrode pair configured to receive the image data on a basis of a correlation value of the preamble and a comparison result of the input data and the reference voltage. According to the inventive concept, stability of receiving image data may be secured by selecting an optimal receiving electrode pair.

Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a display panel including a first pixel and a second pixel, a first current integrator connected to the first pixel through a first sensing channel to sense a first current from the first pixel to generate a first output voltage, a second current integrator connected to the second pixel through a second sensing channel to sense a second current from the second pixel to generate a second output voltage, and a sampling capacitor connected to an output terminal of the first current integrator at one electrode thereof and connected to an output terminal of the second current integrator at the other electrode thereof, thereby sampling the first output voltage and the second output voltage.

Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel including a driving element generating a driving current, a data line connected to the pixel to transfer a data voltage needed for generating the driving current, a reference voltage line connected to the pixel to transfer a first reference voltage and/or a second reference voltage needed for generating the driving current, and a driving & sensing circuit configured to perform an integral on the driving current input through the reference voltage line, output an integral result to the data line, decrease a voltage of the data line from the data voltage to an off voltage for turning off the driving element, and detect an off voltage of the driving element from the data line.

Abstract: A system for charging and discharging a battery, includes: a battery charging-discharging device performing a charging process and a discharging process of a plurality of battery cells for each group; and an energy storage device, during a discharging process of battery cells of a first group, storing a discharged energy of the battery cells of the first group in a plurality of batteries, and, during a charging process of battery cells of a second group, supplying energy stored in the plurality of batteries to the battery cells of the second group.

Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel including a driving element generating a driving current, a data line connected to the pixel to transfer a data voltage needed for generating the driving current, a reference voltage line connected to the pixel to transfer a first reference voltage and/or a second reference voltage needed for generating the driving current, and a driving & sensing circuit configured to perform an integral on the driving current input through the reference voltage line, output an integral result to the data line, decrease a voltage of the data line from the data voltage to an off voltage for turning off the driving element, and detect an off voltage of the driving element from the data line.

Abstract: Provided are a human body communication device and an operating method of the same. The human body communication device according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, a ground electrode, and a switch. The transmitting circuit generates a first signal in a transmitting mode and transmits the first signal to the first electrode. The receiving circuit receives a second signal from the first electrode in the receiving mode. The receiving circuit includes a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between a voltage level of a first input terminal depending on the second signal and a voltage level of a second input terminal. The switch electrically connects the second electrode and the ground electrode in the transmitting mode, and electrically connects the second electrode and the second input terminal in the receiving mode.

Abstract: A capsule endoscope image receiver includes a receiving electrode unit that receives first and second differential signals from a capsule endoscope image transmitter through a human body communication channel, an analog amplifying unit that receives the first and second differential signals and outputs first and second amplified differential signals, and a signal restoring unit that receives the first and second amplified differential signals and restores image information. The analog amplifying unit includes a first amplifier that outputs the first amplified differential signal, a second amplifier that outputs the second amplified differential signal, and an input impedance that is connected between a first inverting input terminal of the first amplifier and a second inverting input terminal of the second amplifier and obtains a gain of differential signal amplification in which a high frequency component of the first and second amplified differential signals is greater than a low frequency component.