Abstract: A target signal extraction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise a steering vector estimator and a beamformer. The steering vector estimator may generate an input signal covariance according to input results for each frequency over time, generate a noise covariance on the basis of a variance determined according to output results corresponding to the input results, and generate a steering vector on the basis of the input signal covariance and the noise covariance. The beamformer may generate a beamforming weight according to a beamforming covariance determined according to the variance and the steering vector, and provide the output results on the basis of the input results and the beamforming weight.

Abstract: The present application is generally directed to systems, methods, and devices for diagnostics for sensing and/or identifying pathogens, genomic materials, proteins, and/or other small molecules or biomarkers. In some implementations, a small footprint low cost device provides rapid and robust sensing and identification. Such a device may utilize microfluidics, biochemistry, and electronics to detect one or more targets at once in the field and closer to or at the point of care. In some implementations, the systems and methods herein implement a reader device, an assay cartridge, and a mobile or external device configured to receive abiological sample, test the biological sample, and provide test results to a patient or user associated with the patient. The test results may be packaged with additional information, including symptoms suffered by the patient, a diagnosis, and follow-up instructions.

Abstract: Disclosed are an airbag for a seat capable of quickly and safely supporting an occupant's body parts in order to reduce the risk of injury to the occupant and a method of controlling deployment thereof. The airbag includes an airbag cushion configured to be deployed so as to cover areas ahead of and above a seat, an active wire connected between each of two side surfaces of the seat and a respective one of two side surfaces of the airbag cushion, an active mechanism configured to generate force of pulling the active wire connected to the airbag cushion toward an occupant, and a controller configured to apply an operation command to the active mechanism during operation of the airbag to control the active mechanism to pull the active wire so that the airbag cushion is pulled toward the occupant.

Abstract: A drug delivery device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more specifically, a drug delivery device that can deliver a drug to a biological tissue while minimizing damage thereto and can come into close contact with the biological tissue to be able to measure an electrical signal of or apply electrical stimulation to the biological tissue and a method for manufacturing the drug delivery device are proposed. The drug delivery device includes a substrate unit that is inserted into a human body and has a porous insertion portion having one or more discharge voids. The insertion portion is provided to be deformable to match a shape of a biological tissue while expanding and contracting as a drug is injected into and discharged from an inside of the injection portion.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a first refrigeration cycle thermally connected to a passenger compartment and including a first refrigerant loop, a battery cooling sub-system thermally connected to a battery and including a battery coolant loop, and a second refrigeration cycle thermally connected to the first refrigeration cycle and the battery cooling sub-system and including a second refrigerant loop. The second refrigeration cycle may include an upstream-side heat exchanger configured to selectively transfer heat between the first refrigerant loop and the second refrigerant loop, and a downstream-side heat exchanger configured to transfer heat between the battery coolant loop and the second refrigerant loop.

Abstract: A fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of conducting an automatic self-cleaning operation includes: guiding a cleaning solution to flow into a fluid diverter; activate a pump to push residual fluid material in a material transmission pipe forward, so that the residual fluid material is discharged through an outlet connector; and utilizing operation of the pump to form a negative pressure in a detergent transmission pipe, so that the cleaning solution in the fluid diverter is sucked into a fluid connector through the detergent transmission pipe, and then flows into the material transmission pipe through the fluid connector.

Abstract: Provided is a content container including: an inner container in which contents are stored; an outer container into which the inner container is accommodated; a pump part coupled to an upper end portion of the inner container to discharge the contents; and a nozzle part coupled to upper side of the pump part to discharge the contents transferred from the pump part to outside, wherein when an outer surface of the outer container is pressed, the inner container ascends within the outer container and the pump part is pressed by the nozzle part so that the contents are discharged through the nozzle part.

Abstract: A method for screening host cells expressing a target protein is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing an expression vector, the expression vector including a promoter, a gene encoding a target protein and an FTH1 gene; transfecting the host cells with the expression vector; culturing the host cells in a medium; and adding iron ions to the medium, and screening the surviving host cells to obtain the host cells expressing the target protein. An expression vector and a method for establishing a cell line stably expressing an exogenous recombinant gene are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface protective film which is used in a process of fabricating an encapsulation layer for an organic light-emitting diode, and makes it possible to prevent bubbles from being generated in the protective film or the surface smoothness of the protective film from being degraded, due to solvent volatilization from the protective film. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a surface protective film including an adhesive layer provided on one surface of a substrate layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes a cured product of an adhesive composition including: a urethane-based resin having a photoreactive group at the end or side chain thereof; a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer; a crosslinking agent having two or more photoreactive groups at the end thereof; a photoinitiator; and a photoreactive siloxane additive, the adhesive composition being solvent-free.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual lens drive device that comprises: a housing; a first bobbin which is disposed to move in a first direction inside the housing; a second bobbin which is disposed to move in the first direction inside housing and is spaced apart from the first bobbin; a first coil which is disposed on the first bobbin; a second coil which is disposed on the second bobbin; a magnet which is disposed in the housing and faces the first coil and the second coil; a base which is disposed below the housing; a substrate which comprises a circuit member having a third coil disposed to face the magnet between the housing and the base; and a support member which movably supports the housing with respect to the substrate, wherein the housing is integrally formed.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a buried oxide layer, a first dielectric layer disposed over the buried oxide layer, a first waveguide feature disposed in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer and the first waveguide feature, a third dielectric layer disposed over the second dielectric layer, and a second waveguide feature disposed in the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer. The second waveguide feature is disposed over the first waveguide feature and a portion of the second waveguide feature vertically overlaps a portion of the first waveguide feature.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical module, including a circuit board, a thermally conductive substrate, a structural adhesive, a silicon photonic chip, a laser assembly, and a fiber array assembly coupled to the silicon photonic chip. The thermally conductive substrate includes a first surface, a second surface, and a first bearing seat, a second bearing seat and a third bearing seat disposed on the first surface and exposed from the opening of the circuit board. The area of the second surface is smaller than that of the first surface. Part of the first surface contacts the circuit board. The thermally conductive substrate is fixed to the circuit board by the structural adhesive. The silicon photonic chip is disposed on the first bearing seat, the laser assembly is disposed on the second bearing seat, and a joint of the fiber array assembly is disposed on the third bearing seat.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus is disclosed.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an inner microphone provided on a first surface of the electronic apparatus; an outer microphone disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface; and a processor configured to: receive a voice signal of a counterpart and a voice signal of a wearer of the electronic apparatus that are input through the inner microphone and the outer microphone, based on a size of the voice signal of the wearer input through the inner microphone being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, remove the voice signal of the wearer input through the outer microphone based on the voice signal of the wearer input through the inner microphone, and amplify the voice signal of the counterpart input through the outer microphone and from which the voice signal of the wearer is removed and output the amplified voice signal, wherein the size of the voice signal of the wearer input through the inner microphone is greater than a size of the voice signal of the wearer input through the outer

Abstract: There is provided a recognition system adaptable to a portable device or a wearable device. The recognition system senses a body heat using a thermal sensor, and performs functions such as the living body recognition, image denoising and body temperature prompting according to detected results.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a UV- and heat-curable ladder-like polysilsesquioxane copolymer and a method for preparing the same. Since a controlled functionality can be provided only on a desired region via a thiol-ene click reaction without an additional additive, an insulating layer having a low dielectric constant and a microcircuit pattern can be formed without an additional etching process.

Abstract: There is provided a recognition system adaptable to a portable device or a wearable device. The recognition system senses a body heat using a thermal sensor, and performs functions such as the living body recognition, image denoising and body temperature prompting according to detected results.

Abstract: A method for application security and an electronic device for performing the method are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions by accessing the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, in response to the instructions being executed by the at least one processor, record a source type of an application based on the source type of the application when installing the application on the electronic device, determine whether the application corresponds to an untrusted application based on the source type of the application, and in response to the application corresponding to an untrusted application, perform one or more of security functions set for the untrusted application.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer formed on at least one side of the polymer substrate, wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer comprises particulate binder resins and first inorganic particles, the particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles of a fluorine-based polymer and an acrylic-based polymer and acrylic-based polymer particles, the acrylic polymer particles have a particle size D50 “a” in a range of 1 to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 “b” in a range of 200 to 800 nm, a/b is 2 to 15, and the hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 smaller than that of the acrylic polymer particles.

Abstract: Disclosed relates to a surface protective film including: a base layer; and an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the base layer, where the adhesive layer comprises a cured product of an adhesive composition, comprising: a urethane polymer; an acrylic polymer; and a curing agent, where the acrylic polymer comprises a monomer unit derived from an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer having 10 or more carbon atoms, where a peel strength of the adhesive layer is 2 gf/in or more and 30 gf/in or less when a surface of the adhesive layer, opposite to a surface on which the base layer is provided, is peeled off from glass at a peel speed of 30 m/min and a peel angle of 180°, and where, in the adhesive composition, the acrylic polymer is comprised in an amount of 1 part by weight to 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the urethane polymer.