Abstract: An embodiment relates to a cosmetic container with which the dispensing amounts of the contents can be varied. The cosmetic container may include: an outer container holding a content; a shoulder coupled to the outer container and comprising a shoulder protrusion; a handle rotatably coupled to the shoulder and comprising a handle protrusion into which the shoulder protrusion is rotatably inserted; an adjustment member that is coupled to the handle to rotate together with the handle as an integrated body and includes a downwardly protruding pressing protrusion; and a pump that is configured to suction and dispense the content held in the outer container and configured such that a dispensing amount of the content is changed by a rotation of the pressing protrusion, where the shoulder protrusion includes a shoulder hook, and the shoulder hook is caught on an upper end of the handle protrusion.

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: In one example, an electronic device includes: an electronic component comprising a sensor and an electrical interconnect; a substrate comprising an electrically conductive material and a translucent mold compound, wherein the electrically conductive material is coupled to the translucent mold compound and wherein the electrical interconnect of the electronic component is coupled to the electrically conductive material of the substrate; and a translucent underfill contacting the electrical interconnect and between the translucent mold compound and the sensor. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid oxide fuel cell including a fuel electrode support including Ni-YSZ; a functional layer positioned on the fuel electrode support; an electrolyte layer positioned on the functional layer; an interlayer positioned on the electrolyte layer; and an air electrode layer positioned on the interlayer, wherein the functional layer includes gadolinium-doped ceria (GDC) nanoparticles dispersed.

Abstract: Provided is a display device, including sub-pixels formed on a base layer, and including a color conversion layer in a first sub-pixel area and including a quantum-dot, a first scattering layer in a second sub-pixel area and including a first scatterer, and a second scattering layer in the third sub-pixel area and including a second scatterer, a first color filter in the first sub-pixel area, a second color filter in the second sub-pixel area, and a third color filter in the third sub-pixel area, wherein emitted light from a light emitting element includes light of the second color and light of the third color, and wherein colors of light passing through the first scattering layer and the second scattering layer are substantially unchanged by the first scattering layer and the second scattering layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a cover window including a first surface, a display panel disposed on the first surface, and a cover panel disposed on the display panel, and including a second surface facing the cover window, and a third surface disposed on an opposite side of the second surface. The first surface and the second surface are curved surfaces, and the third surface is a flat surface.

Abstract: A refill unit and a refillable stick container that allow a refilling of a stick type sunscreen product are disclosed. The refill unit includes: an elevation shell that extends a particular length along a left-right direction, extends a particular length along a vertical direction, and forms a shell space on its inside; and a holder that is arranged within the shell space and to be movable along a vertical direction. The elevation shell includes: a shell body that forms the shell space and in a lower surface of which an insertion hole is formed; and a shell-side coupler part, at a lower portion of which is formed a shell ledge protruding in a horizontal direction. The holder may include: a holder body arranged within the shell space; and a holder-side coupler part that extends down at a position corresponding to a center of the insertion hole.

Abstract: A method of securing a home network system applied to an apartment building includes providing a home server connected to a network, a plurality of home network devices, a VPN server installed between the home server and the home network devices, and VPN gateways individually installed for the home network devices. The method also includes extracting an IP and a MAC address of a connected device using a local packet analyzer by means of VPN gateways. The method also includes detecting alteration of the IP or the MAC address of the connected device using a connection log table by means of the VPN gateways. The method also includes defining and blocking the connected device as an unauthorized device by means of a communication blocker of the VPN gateways when an alteration ratio of the IP or the MAC address of the connected device is a predetermined danger ratio or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding an image. For this, a method for decoding an image may include: entropy-decoding a bitstream; determining a scanning unit and a scanning order of the transform coefficients of the current block; scanning and aligning the transform coefficients of the current block based on the determined scanning unit and scanning order; and performing inverse-transform for the aligned transform coefficients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise acquiring transform coefficients distribution information of a neighboring block from a bitstream; direction-adaptively determining an intra prediction mode of a current block to be decoded, according to the transform coefficients distribution information of the neighboring block; and reconstructing the current block, based on the determined intra prediction mode, wherein the direction-adaptively determining includes determining similarity flag information corresponding to the neighboring block, based on the transform coefficients distribution information of the neighboring block.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for a connectionless asset tracking service in a wireless communication system, and a recording medium thereof. A method for a connectionless asset tracking service in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps in which a first device: receives an advertising packet from a second device; determines whether at least one advertising data structure (AD structure) included in the advertising packet is an AD structure related to a connectionless asset tracking service; and on the basis of the AD structure related to the connectionless asset tracking service, determines the location of the second device, wherein an AD type field of the AD structure related to the connectionless asset tracking service includes a value indicating a connectionless tracking service.

Abstract: An embodiment electric vehicle drive apparatus for decreasing a drive speed of a motor and transferring the decreased drive speed to an output shaft is provided. The apparatus includes a first planetary gear set including three first planetary gear elements in which a first element is connected to the motor and a second element is connected to a first output shaft, a second planetary gear set including three second planetary gear elements in which a first element is connected to a third element of the three first planetary gear elements, a second element is connected to a second output shaft, and a third element is fixed, and a third planetary gear set including three third planetary gear elements in which first and second elements are connected to two elements of the three first planetary gear elements, respectively, and a third element is connected to a torque vectoring motor.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizing film and a contrast-improving optical film sequentially stacked in the stated order. The contrast-improving optical film includes a contrast-improving layer including a first resin layer and a second resin layer facing the first resin layer. The second resin layer includes a patterned portion having optical patterns and a flat section between the optical patterns. The second resin layer satisfies Equation 1, and the polarizing plate has a contrast ratio gain of about 1.00 or more, as represented by Equation 2.

Abstract: Disclosed is an operation method of a storage device which includes receiving a record including owner data and time information, mapping the time information included in the received record to a physical address of a non-volatile memory, storing part or all of the record including the owner data to the mapped physical address of the non-volatile memory, receiving an access request including a time period, generating output data by performing data processing with respect to owner data corresponding to the time period, and transmitting the output data to the outside.

Abstract: A computing system automatically detects, in a sequence of video frames, a video frame region that depicts a scoreboard. The video frames of the sequence depict image elements including (i) scoreboard image elements that are unchanging across the video frames of the sequence and (ii) other image elements that change across the video frames of the sequence. Given this, the computing system (a) receives the sequence, (b) engages in an edge-detection process to detect, in the video frames of the sequence, a set of edges of the depicted image elements, (c) identifies a subset of the detected set of edges based on each edge of the subset being unchanging across the video frames of the sequence, and (d) detects, based on the edges of the identified subset, the video frame region that depicts the scoreboard.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an epitaxial wafer may comprise polishing a back surface and a front surface of a wafer using a double-side polishing process, forming a protective film on the back surface of the polished wafer, forming an epi layer on the front surface of the wafer on which the protective film is formed to form an epitaxial wafer, and cleaning the epitaxial wafer.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a first stage converter for stepping up or stepping down an input voltage and outputting same; and a second stage converter connected to an output of the first stage converter.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining image information comprising information related to motion compensation from a bitstream, deriving merge candidates of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived merge candidates, determining motion information of the current block based on the merge candidate list, and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The information related to the motion compensation includes motion vector resolution information, and the motion vector resolution information indicates a specific motion vector resolution among motion vector resolution candidates including an integer pel resolution, a ¼ pel resolution and a 1/16 pel resolution.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining a coding block by partitioning an image, determining a size of the coding block, determining a split type for the coding block based on the size of the coding block, deriving a current block split from the coding block based on the split type for the coding block, and reconstructing the current block. Based on that the size of the coding block is equal to or greater than a first size, the split type for the coding block is implicitly determined as that the coding block is split into four equal-sized subblocks.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, and a transmission method for image data are discussed. The image decoding method can include obtaining image information comprising information related to motion compensation from a bitstream, deriving merge candidates of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived merge candidates, determining motion information of the current block based on the merge candidate list, and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The information related to the motion compensation includes motion vector resolution information. The motion vector resolution information indicates a specific motion vector resolution among motion vector resolution candidates including an integer pel resolution, a ¼ pel resolution and a 1/16 pel resolution.