Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an aerosol generating article including: a first portion including an aerosol generating element; a second portion including a cooling element; a third portion including a tobacco element; and a fourth portion including a filter element, wherein the first through fourth portions are sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.

Abstract: A storage device may include: a plurality of memory dies; and a memory controller for receiving a first read request from a first function, controlling at least one memory die to perform a read operation according to the first read request, and controlling, when receiving a second read request from a second function in the course of the read operation according to the first read request, the at least one memory die to suspend the read operation according to the first read request and to perform a read operation according to the second read request based on a result obtained by comparing performance requirement information of the second function with residual time information of the second read request, which is determined according to a performance degree of the read operation being performed according to the first read request.

Abstract: A electric vehicle cable mounting system includes a driving unit including a rotary disc and allowing a charging cable to be released from a side in accordance with a rotation motion of a rotary disc, a guide unit provided behind the driving unit and allowing the driving unit to move in a vertical direction in accordance with a rotation motion of the rotary disc, and a controller controlling the driving unit and the guide unit such that the charging cable is automatically released in an electric vehicle charge mode and is automatically returned in an electric vehicle charge standby mode.

Abstract: An image sensing device includes: a control circuit coupled between an output terminal of a pixel signal and a high voltage terminal, and configured to generate a control voltage corresponding to a voltage level of the pixel signal; and a current supplying circuit coupled between the output terminal and the high voltage terminal, and configured to supply a pre-charge current, which is configured to be adaptively adjusted according to the voltage level of the pixel signal, to the output terminal based on the control voltage.

Abstract: A leakage current detection circuit includes: a mirror circuit configured to copy a leakage current flowing through a node and generate a copy current in a copy node; an oscillation circuit including a charge storage unit, the oscillation circuit being connected to the copy node, charged with the copy current, and configured to generate an oscillation signal by charging and discharging the charge storage unit; and a calculation circuit configured to calculate an amount of the leakage current based on the oscillation signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a defensive driving vehicles interaction system (D2VIS), and to an autonomous driving predictive defensive driving system through an interaction based on forward vehicle driving and situation judgement information and a method thereof. An autonomous driving predictive defensive driving system through an interaction based on forward vehicle driving and situation judgement information according to the present disclosure includes an inter-vehicle distance recognition unit configured to recognize a distance between a surrounding vehicle and an ego vehicle, a situation recognition unit configured to recognize situation information including surrounding information of the surrounding vehicle, and a driving situation response determination unit configured to share data for determining a defensive driving action by using the situation information.

Abstract: A display device includes a compensation value determiner which generates final compensation values for an input image, a timing controller which receives input grayscales of the input image and generate output grayscales by applying the final compensation values to the input grayscales, and a pixel unit which displays an output image corresponding to the output grayscales using pixels. The compensation value determiner determines weights based on display frequencies, display brightnesses, and the input grayscales, the compensation value determiner determines compensation values based on the display frequencies and positions of the pixels, and the compensation value determiner generates the final compensation values by applying the weights to the compensation values.

Abstract: A pad liner includes a first pad clip that surrounds and is coupled to a side protrusion protruding in a lateral direction from a brake pad, and a torque support located under the first pad clip and between a side surface of the brake pad and the caliper body. The torque support supports a braking torque. The first pad clip includes a reference surface located on one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the side protrusion, a vertical elastic portion located on an opposite side from the reference surface that pressurizes the side protrusion in a direction of the reference surface, and a clip side portion that connects the reference surface and the vertical elastic portion and surrounds a side surface of the side protrusion. The pad liner minimizes a vertical gap and movement of the brake pad.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a gate stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and conductive patterns, which are alternately stacked in a vertical direction on a substrate; a plurality of channel structures penetrating the gate stack structure, each of the plurality of channel structures with one end portion protruding past a boundary of the gate stack structure; and a source layer formed on the gate stack structure. The protruding end portion of each of the plurality of channel structures extends into the source layer. The protruding end portion of each of the plurality of channel structures has a flat section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the compound according to the present disclosure, it is possible to produce an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, power efficiency, and/or lifetime properties compared to the conventional organic electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise a substrate, a device stack, first and second internal interconnects, and an encapsulant. The substrate can comprise a first and second substrate sides opposite each other, a substrate outer sidewall between the first substrate side and the second substrate side, and a substrate inner sidewall defining a cavity between the first substrate side and the second substrate side. The device stack can be in the cavity and can comprise a first electronic device, and a second electronic device stacked on the first electronic device. The first internal interconnect can be coupled to the substrate and the device stack. The encapsulant can cover the substrate inner sidewall and the device stack and can fill the cavity. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.

Abstract: According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, an organo tin compound is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: In Chemical Formula 1, L1 and L2 are each independently selected from an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and an alkylamino group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, and R2 is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted linear alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and an allyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device configured to capture a camera image of a target; a controller configured to stitch a plurality of X-ray images of respective divided regions of the target to generate one X-ray image of the target; and a display configured to display a settings window that provides a GUI for receiving a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the respective divided regions, and display the camera image in which positions of the respective divided regions are displayed.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of emission areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of subpixels for displaying an image, a plurality of light emitting elements respectively located in the plurality of emission areas of a first surface of the substrate and respectively corresponding to the plurality of subpixels, a first planarization layer on the first surface of the substrate and covering the plurality of light emitting elements, and an array layer on the first planarization layer.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a laser generator configured to generate a first laser beam proceeding along a first direction, and an inversion module configured to convert the first laser beam to a second laser beam proceeding along the first direction, the inversion module including a splitter configured to form a reflected laser beam by partially reflecting the first laser beam, and a transmitted laser beam by partially transmitting the first laser beam, and a prism configured to reflect the reflected laser beam.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure including a plurality of first insulating patterns and a plurality of first semiconductor patterns alternately stacked on a substrate, the first stacked structure extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, a first conductive pattern on one side surface of the first stacked structure, the first conductive pattern extending in a second direction crossing the upper surface of the substrate, and a first ferroelectric layer between the first stacked structure and the first conductive pattern, the first ferroelectric layer extending in the second direction, wherein each of the first semiconductor patterns includes a first impurity region, a first channel region and a second impurity region which are sequentially arranged along the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power plant early warning device and method which employ a multiple prediction model, and includes: a plurality of prediction models which receive information about the operation states of equipment in a power plant, and output prediction values and the reliabilities of the prediction values; a reliability analysis module which quantizes and analyzes the reliabilities output from the plurality of prediction models to determine the ranks of the plurality of prediction models, and calculates a final prediction value; a comparison module which compares the final prediction value with an actual measurement value, and outputs a residual; and a determination module which analyzes the residual to determine whether there are defects in the operating states of the equipment in the power plant.

Abstract: Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an image decoding apparatus using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an inter-prediction method including extracting a merge candidate flag and offset information from a bitstream, selecting a merge candidate corresponding to the extracted merge candidate flag from a merge candidate list including neighboring blocks of a current block as merge candidates, deciding a motion vector of the current block by applying the offset information to a motion vector of the selected merge candidate, and generating, as a prediction block of the current block, a block indicated by the motion vector of the current block in a reference picture referenced by the selected merge candidate.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of silicon carbide (SiC), at least one trench that extends in one direction, a gate insulating layer disposed on at least an inner wall of the at least one trench, at least one gate electrode layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a drift region disposed in the semiconductor layer at least on one side of the at least one gate electrode layer, a well region disposed in the semiconductor layer to be deeper than the at least one gate electrode layer, a source region disposed in the well region, and at least one channel region disposed in the semiconductor layer of one side of the at least one gate electrode layer between the drift region and the source region.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a can having an accommodation space therein; an electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodation space in the can; and a cap assembly sealed with the can. The can has a beading part recessed into a side wall of the can at a region below where the cap assembly is accommodated, and the beading part has an acute angle with respect to the side wall of the can.