Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolated anti-FcRN antibody, which is an antibody binding to FcRN (stands for neonatal Fc receptor, also called FcRP, FcRB or Brambell receptor) that is a receptor with a high affinity for IgG or a fragment thereof, a method of preparing thereof, a composition for treating autoimmune disease, which comprises the antibody, and a method of treating and diagnosing autoimmunre diseases using the antibody. The FcRn-specific antibody according to the present disclosure binds to FcRn non-competitively with IgG to reduce serum pathogenic auto-antibody levels, and thus can be used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a back contact solar cell. The back contact solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a rear surface; a first conductive type semiconductor region having a first conductive type and a second conductive type semiconductor region having a second conductive type at an interval on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate. Furthermore, the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate has a texturing structure at the interval between the first conductive type semiconductor region and the second conductive type semiconductor region.

Abstract: A probe test card includes a substrate, a plurality of test needles, and a fixing layer. The substrate includes a first surface at which a trench is formed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of test needles is arranged in the trench. Each test needle includes a first end and a second end being opposite to the first end. The fixing layer is filled in the trench to fix the plurality of test needles in the trench, and a thickness of the fixing layer is same with a depth of the trench. The fixing layer comprises a ceramic powder. The first end of the test needle is non-removably fixed in the trench by the fixing layer and the second end of the test needle protrudes from the trench of the substrate to test a device under test (DUT).

Abstract: A semiconductor device, in which a cell array region and an extension region are arranged along a first direction, and in which contact regions and through regions are alternately arranged along the first direction in the extension region, including: a mold structure including a plurality of first insulating patterns and a plurality of gate electrodes, which are alternately stacked on a first substrate; a channel structure penetrating the mold structure in the cell array region to intersect the plurality of gate electrodes; respective gate contacts that are on the mold structure in the contact regions and are connected to each of the gate electrodes; and a plurality of second insulating patterns, the second insulating patterns being stacked alternately with the first insulating patterns in the mold structure in the through regions, the plurality of second insulating patterns including a different material from the plurality of first insulating patterns.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR)-based route guidance method includes acquiring a driving image captured by an image capturing device of a vehicle which is running, acquiring route data to a destination of the vehicle, recognizing both side lane markings of a lane in which the vehicle is running from the acquired driving image, generating first route guidance linear data based on the recognized both side lane markings for a region in which both side lane markings are recognized in the driving image, generating second route guidance linear data using link linear data of the route data for a region in which both side lane markings are not recognized in the driving image, combining the first route guidance linear data and the second route guidance linear data to generate combined route guidance linear data, and displaying a route guidance object in AR using the generated combined route guidance linear data.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrode and an electronic device including the conductive structure body.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front surface that displays an image, and a rear surface, wherein the display panel is foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a metal plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel, wherein the metal plate includes a first body and a second body that are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a patterned portion disposed between the first body and the second body to overlap the folding axis in a thickness direction of the display device; and at least one protrusion protruding parallel to the folding axis from an edge of at least one of the first body, the second body, and the patterned portion.

Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a central portion in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, and an extension portion extending externally from the central portion, and an insertion layer and a loss prevention film are disposed in the extension portion between the substrate and the second electrode. The loss prevention film is formed to have a thickness of 50 ? to 500 ?. The insertion layer is stacked on the loss prevention film, and has a side surface opposing the central portion, the side surface is formed as a first inclined surface having a first inclination angle. The loss prevention film has a side surface opposing the central portion, the side surface is formed as a second inclined surface having a second inclination angle. The second inclination angle is formed to be greater than the first inclination angle.

Abstract: A method for measuring an inter-vehicle distance using a processor is provided. The method includes acquiring a driving image photographed by a photographing device of a first vehicle; detecting a second vehicle from the driving image and calculating a ratio between an image width of the detected second vehicle and an image width of a lane in which the second vehicle is located; determining a size class of the second vehicle among a plurality of size classes based on the calculated ratio; determining a width of the second vehicle based on the determined size class of the second vehicle; and calculating a distance from the photographing device to the second vehicle based on the determined width of the second vehicle, a focal length of the photographing device, and the image width of the second vehicle.

Abstract: A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 7/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation.

Abstract: A winding device for manufacturing an electrode assembly is provided. The winding device includes a main body portion; a winding core for winding an electrode and a separation film; and a foreign particle remover connected to the main body portion and removing foreign particles, wherein the foreign particle remover is formed to surround the winding core while separated from the winding core.

Abstract: A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 7/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).

Abstract: Disclosed are novel precursor particles for preparing a cathode active material including transition metal precursor particles containing one or more transition metals, and one or more of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, wherein the alkali metal and the alkaline earth metal are contained in one or more of inner and outer parts of the transition metal precursor particles, and a novel precursor powder including the novel precursor particles.

Abstract: For a method and apparatus for controlling an electric power steering system, the method includes driving a first timer synchronized with a control signal of a motor included in the electric power steering system, driving a second timer synchronized with the first timer, updating a first sensor value of the electric power steering system according to a period of the first timer at a pre-determined time corresponding to the period of the first timer, determining a sensor value update error in the updating according to the period of the first timer, and updating a second sensor value of the electric power steering system according to a period of the second timer at a pre-determined time corresponding to the period of the second timer, according to the sensor value update error.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for mass production of extracellular vesicles by using a noxa protein-derived peptide and mesenchymal stem cells and, more specifically, to a method for mass production of extracellular vesicles having wound healing and immunomodulatory effects, wherein mesenchymal stem cells are cultured in a medium composition containing a noxa protein-derived peptide, glucose, sucrose, and 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid [MOPS], whereby the extracellular vesicles can be obtained at high yield with high purity.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing method. The method includes the steps of receiving an image obtained from a plurality of vehicles positioned on a road, storing the received images according to acquisition information of the received images; determining a reference image and a target image based on images having the same acquisition information among the stored images, performing an image registration using a plurality of feature points extracted from each of the determined reference image and target image, performing a transparency process for each of the reference image and the target image performed with the image registration, extracting static objects from the transparency-processed image, and comparing the extracted static objects with objects on an electronic map pre-stored to updating the electronic map data, when the objects on the electronic map data pre-stored are different from the extracted static objects.

Abstract: Disclosed, as a particle for cathode active materials, is a novel one-body particle for cathode active materials, including a core of lithium transition metal oxide containing Ni and a surface-layer portion formed on at least a part of the core, wherein the surface-layer portion contains both Co and a structure-stabilizing element, the core is present as a non-aggregated primary particle, and the structure-stabilizing element has a bond dissociation energy (BDE) with oxygen (O) greater than a bond dissociation energy (BDE) of Co and oxygen (O).

Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery, an active material, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. In an embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the secondary battery further includes a reaction-inducing substance located in any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte, wherein the reaction-inducing substance forms a reaction product by consuming thermal energy when exposed to a predetermined temperature or higher in a use environment of the secondary battery, thereby improving thermal safety of the secondary battery.

Abstract: Proposed is a lighting device using combined power generation. Particularly, the lighting device using combined power generation includes a first power generation part including a first thermoelectric element whose first surface has a high temperature part formed by solar heat, the first power generation part being configured to generate electrical energy by using the first thermoelectric element, a second power generation part including a second thermoelectric element whose first surface has a high temperature part formed by heat generated from an LED module, the second power generation part being configured to generate electrical energy by using the second thermoelectric element, and a cooling part that is provided between the first power generation part and the second power generation part and simultaneously cools a second surface of each of the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element.

Abstract: There is provided a method for detecting a vehicle including receiving continuously captured front images, setting a search area of the vehicle in a target image based on a location of the vehicle or a vehicle area detected from a previous image among the front images, detecting the vehicle in the search area according to a machine learning model, and tracking the vehicle in the target image by using feature points of the vehicle extracted from the previous image according to a vehicle detection result based on the machine learning model. Since the entire image is not used as a vehicle detection area, a processing speed may be increased, and a forward vehicle tracked in an augmented reality navigation may be continuously displayed without interruption, thereby providing a stable service to the user.