Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of decoding an image including deriving intra prediction mode of a current block using an intra prediction mode of a neighbor block adjacent to the current block, constructing a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra prediction with respect to the current block using the intra prediction mode of the current block and the reference sample. The deriving of the intra prediction mode of the current block includes constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list based on whether the intra prediction mode of the current block is a Planar mode.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a conductive region on a substrate and a lower electrode structure including a main electrode part spaced apart from the conductive region and a bridge electrode part between the main electrode part and the conductive region. A dielectric layer contacts an outer sidewall of the main electrode part. To manufacture the integrated circuit device, a preliminary bridge electrode layer is formed in a hole of a mold pattern on the substrate, and the main electrode part is formed on the preliminary bridge electrode layer in the hole. The mold pattern is removed to expose a sidewall of the preliminary bridge electrode layer, and a portion of the preliminary electrode part is removed to form the bridge electrode part. The dielectric layer is formed to contact the outer sidewall of the main electrode part.

Abstract: A device for image capture comprises a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, during a preview mode or a recording, a first image, generate a first saliency map indicative of relative saliency of different regions within the first image, wherein the relative saliency of the different regions is indicative of a likelihood of attracting viewer gaze, generate one or more additional images based on manipulating pixels in the first image, generate one or more additional saliency maps indicative of relative saliency of different regions within the one or more additional images, and determine, during the preview mode or the recording, a camera setting based on the first saliency map and the one or more additional saliency maps.

Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus and a substrate treating method are provided. The substrate treating apparatus includes a first process chamber to apply an organic solvent to a substrate applied with a developer and introduced, and a second process chamber to treat the substrate applied with the organic solvent and introduced, through a supercritical fluid.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling coding tools are provided. The video decoding method includes decoding, from a high level of a bitstream, an enable flag indicating whether one or more coding tools are enabled. The coding tools includes a first coding tool that encodes sample values using luma component mapping based on a piecewise linear model. The method includes acquiring a value of an application flag depending on a value of the enable flag, by setting the application flag indicating whether to apply the coding tools to a predetermined value, or by decoding the application flag from a low level of the bitstream, the application flag including a first application flag indicating whether to apply the first coding tool. The coding tools are operated when the value of the application flag is a value indicating that the coding tools are applied.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G (5th generation) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G (4th generation) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A transmission device comprises: a first amplification unit having a common source structure, including cross coupled capacitors, and amplifying an input signal; a second amplification unit, having a common gate structure, for amplifying a signal output from the first amplification unit; and a first removal unit which is connected to output terminals of the first amplification unit and input terminals of the second amplification unit and which removes at least one portion of second harmonics.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system for a plurality of power devices serially connected in a main circuit of a current transmission path comprising a first power device and a second power device each including a semiconductor element; a first sensor connected to the first and second power devices, and which senses information related to a first current flowing in the first power device; a second sensor for sensing information related to a second current flowing in the second power device; a third sensor for sensing information related to a third current flowing between the first power device and the second power device; and a control unit for comparing the first current and the second current on the basis of the third current measured by the third sensor, and determining whether the state of each power device is abnormal based on a difference with the third current.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising a lighting device and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a lighting device comprising a pattern light source for irradiating light of a predetermined pattern; a camera; and a control unit for photographing a 3D image by using the lighting device and the camera, wherein the pattern light source comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements, the plurality of light emitting elements are grouped into a plurality of groups, and the control unit turns on the plurality of groups sequentially and controls the pattern light source so that light emission times of at least some of the plurality of groups are different.

Abstract: The technology relates to an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package may include a substrate. An IC die may be mounted to the substrate. One or more photonic modules may be attached to the substrate and one or more serializer/deserializer (SerDes) interfaces may connect the IC die to the one or more photonic modules. The IC die may be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and the one or more photonic modules may include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and fiber array. The one or more photonic modules may be mounted to one or more additional substrates which may be attached to the substrate via one or more sockets.

Abstract: A display device can include an organic light emitting device in a display area on a substrate, a thin film transistor being connected with the organic light emitting device, a protecting portion surrounding at least a portion of a camera area on the substrate, a dam structure disposed between the thin film transistor and the protecting portion, an encapsulation layer, and a hole in the camera area. The encapsulation layer can include a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer on the first encapsulation layer, and a third encapsulation layer on the second encapsulation layer. The hole can be provided inside the display area, and the first encapsulation layer and the third encapsulation layer are disposed on a side surface and an upper surface of the dam structure.

Abstract: A method, device, and apparatus for synthesizing a motion sequence of a virtual object and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method can include obtaining description information of a motion sequence of a virtual object, and determining a continuous motion clip set similar to at least some motions in the motion sequence based on the description information and a continuous motion clip library constructed with video materials. The method can further include synthesizing the motion sequence of the virtual object based on the continuous motion clip set, where each continuous motion clip in the continuous motion clip library includes a unique identifier of the continuous motion clip, motion information of the continuous motion clip, and a representation vector corresponding to the each continuous motion clip.

Abstract: A method of predicting the lifetime of a battery and an apparatus for performing the method can include collecting, by a battery information collection unit, information on the battery, generating, by a first battery value determination unit, first battery value data, generating, by a second battery value determination unit, second battery value data and determining, by a battery value determination unit, a battery value based on the first battery value data and the second battery value data. The first battery value data is a value of the battery, which is determined based on a battery diagnostic test, and the second battery value data is a value of the battery, which is determined based on vehicle data.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to memory devices and methods of forming the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to resistive random-access (ReRAM) memory devices incorporating reference cells for achieving high sensing yield. The present disclosure provides a memory device including a main cell structure including a switching element arranged between a pair of conductors, and a reference cell structure electrically coupled to the main cell structure. The reference cell structure includes a switching element arranged between a pair of conductors, in which the switching element of the reference cell structure has a dimension that is different from a dimension of the switching element of the main cell structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane structure including a carbon nanomaterial and NASICON-series ceramic particles, wherein an aqueous solution can pass through an electrode and a method of fabricating the same. There is disclosed a membrane structure of a flat membrane or hollow fiber membrane form, wherein the carbon nanomaterials are intertwisted to form a three-dimensional mesh-shaped structure and the NASICON-series ceramic particles material is combined with the three-dimensional mesh-shaped structure as a complex.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: a probe configured to output ultrasound signals to an object and detect echo signals reflected from the object; a display; and at least one processor configured to generate a first ultrasound image based on the echo signals, detect at least one object of interest, each corresponding to a fetus's finger or toe in the first ultrasound image, and when the at least one object of interest is detected, place at least one arrow indicator outside a vicinity of a region of interest corresponding to the detected at least one object of interest, and orientate the at least one arrow indicator toward the region of interest.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional reconstructing method of a 2D medical image. A three-dimensional reconstructing device includes: a communicator for receiving sequential 2D images with an arbitrary slice gap; a sliced image generator for generating at least one sliced image positioned between the 2D images based on a feature point of the adjacent 2D images; and a controller for reconstructing the 2D image into a 3D image by use of the generated sliced image and providing the 3D image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a small animal intraventricular injection compensator for injecting a drug into a desired location through a syringe, the compensator including: a guide part provided with a guide hole into which a needle of a syringe is inserted; a body comprising an upper cavity provided inside thereof and a cradle provided to seat the guide part on an upper side thereof; and a fixation part integrally provided with the body or separately provided, and comprising a lower cavity provided to allow a head accommodation space, which a head of a small animal may enter into or exit from, to be provided inside thereof by corresponding to the upper cavity.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a relay user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), a paging configuration including at least one of a number of total paging frame, a number of paging occasion for a paging frame, an offset for paging frame, a first DRX cycle of a remote UE, or paging search space; transmitting, to a remote UE, the paging configuration; receiving, from the remote UE, information related the remote UE including at least one of identity of the remote UE, paging identity of the remote UE or a second DRX cycle of the remote UE; identifying a paging occasion of the remote UE based on the information related the remote UE and the paging configuration; and monitoring the paging occasion of the remote UE for receiving a paging message for the remote UE.

Abstract: A driving circuit and a driving device for a display panel, and the driving circuit for the display panel includes: a stretching circuit, a control circuit, a bootstrapping circuit, and an output circuit; the control circuit is respectively electrically connected with the stretching circuit, the bootstrapping circuit, and the output circuit, and the bootstrapping circuit is electrically connected with the output circuit. The stretching signal generated by the stretching circuit can enable the bootstrapping circuit to have enough time to be charged, and ensure that the output circuit can reach or exceed the preset potential when receiving the bootstrap signal, thereby the voltage being not stable when the gate driving signal is output is avoided, and the phenomenon that the gate driving signal is stopped in advance is avoided.