Abstract: Disclosed is a method of predicting a block vector in a multi-view image, the method including allowing an encoder to determine a reference block of a reference image for a specific block of a depth image or a specific-view image among multi-view images, allowing the encoder to determine block vector information for intra block copy (IBC) of the specific block on the basis of a block vector of the reference block when the reference block is encoded using the IBC, and allowing the encoder to encode the block vector information of the specific block. The reference image of the specific view is an image of another view, and the reference image of the depth image is a texture image corresponding to the depth image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a water supply device, and a steam supply device and a cooking appliance comprising the same. The water supply device comprises a slider being accommodated in a housing the front surface of which is open, in a way that the slider is movable in a front-rear direction, and a water tank being installed in the housing in a way that the water tank comes in and out of the housing in the front-rear direction and connecting to the slider to move forward together with the slider, and the slider is provided apart from the water tank.

Abstract: A method includes forming a pad layer. The pad layer includes a first portion over a first part of a semiconductor substrate, and a second portion over a second part of the semiconductor substrate. The first portion has a first thickness, and the second portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The semiconductor substrate is then annealed to form a first oxide layer over the first part of the semiconductor substrate, and a second oxide layer over the second part of the semiconductor substrate. The pad layer, the first oxide layer, and the second oxide layer are removed. A semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown over and contacting the first part and the second part of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A power conversion system includes: a main battery configured to be recharged with power and to supply the recharged power to a motor, thereby supplying rotation force to a wheel of a vehicle; an auxiliary battery configured to recharge the main battery or to assist a power supply function of the main battery; and a power converter connected to auxiliary battery, the power converter comprising a bypass circuit and a buck converter. The buck converter includes a buck switch, and is configured to convert a voltage of the auxiliary battery into a voltage for recharging the main battery in accordance with an ON/OFF switching operation of the buck switch.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a power conversion system includes: an on-board charger; a main battery configured to be recharged with power and to supply the recharged power to a motor, thereby supplying rotation force to a wheel of a vehicle; an auxiliary battery configured to recharge the main battery or to assist a power supply function of the main battery; and a power converter connected to the auxiliary battery, the power converter comprising a bypass circuit and a buck switch. A part of the on-board charger and the power converter constitute a DC-DC converter, and the buck switch is configured to be repeatedly switched on and off when a voltage of the auxiliary battery is higher than a voltage of the main battery, and does not operate when the voltage of the auxiliary battery is not higher than the voltage of the main battery.

Abstract: An embodiment is battery charging system including an external voltage conversion device including an input unit configured to receive a system AC voltage, an output unit configured to output a charging DC voltage, and a power factor correction circuit including a first switching circuit connected to the input unit, a second switching circuit connected to the output unit, and a transformer connected between the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit, and an electrified vehicle including a charging port configured to receive the charging DC voltage, a battery, a motor having a plurality of windings, an inverter connected to each of one-side ends of the plurality of windings, and a relay connected between the charging port and a neutral terminal for the plurality of windings, the electrified vehicle controlling the relay upon recharging of the battery.

Abstract: A control method of an appliance, including: the appliance includes a first unit that includes a first lamp, a first cavity, a first door and a first sensor; a second unit that includes a second lamp, a second cavity, a second door and a second sensor; and a controller that controls operations of the first unit and the second unit, includes sensing vibrations generated in any one of the first unit or the second unit by the first sensor and the second sensor; determining whether the sensed vibrations are caused by a knock, and when determining that the sensed vibrations are caused by a knock using the first sensor and the second sensor, transferring a knock-on signal to the controller; and comparing the knock-on signals received from the first sensor and the second sensor and determining which of the first unit or the second unit is given the knock by the controller, and outputting a lamp-on output signal to the first unit or the second unit in which the knock is generated by the controller.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an appliance. The appliance includes; a main body that has a first accommodation space therein, and a first sensing module that is disposed at the main body in a way that the first sensing module is disposed outside the first accommodation space. Since a sensor is disposed to avoid the effect of heat as described above, the sensor is much less likely to operate improperly or be broken because of heat.

Abstract: In an appliance, an input switch receives a knock input at the front of a main body, and a transfer member connecting to the input switch transfers vibrations cause by the knock to a sensor disposed at the rear of the main body. Thus, even an appliance such as an oven and the like that makes it difficult to attach a sensor to a door due to high-temperature heat effectively senses a knock input.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an appliance having an input switch that receives a knock input at the front of a main body, and a transfer member connecting to the input switch that transfers vibrations caused by the knock to a sensor disposed at the rear of the main body.

Abstract: Disclosed are a converter control device and a control method including a first switching element connected to each end of at least one first battery, a second switching element connected to the other end of the first battery and connected in series with the first switching element, a third switching element connected to one end of a second battery, a fourth switching element connected to the other end of the second battery and connected in series with the third switching element, an inductor connected to a first node between the first switching element and the second switching element and a second node between the third switching element and the fourth switching element, and a duty controller to receive each first voltage that is a voltage value of each end of the first battery and a second voltage that is a voltage value of one end of the second battery, and to output duty of the respective first switching element based on the first voltage and the second voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a charging system and a charging method for charging a main battery of a vehicle. The main battery can be charged with a voltage of a swappable battery using a DC-DC converter of an on-board computer (OBC) without installing additional converters for a plurality of swappable batteries through connection of the plurality of swappable batteries to input terminals of a plurality of DC-DC converters of the OBC charging the main battery, so that a driving distance of the vehicle is increased, and the efficiency of a motor and the inverters is increased.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling an LLC resonance converter. The apparatus includes a converter connected to an input terminal, including a plurality of switching elements constituting a bridge circuit, and enabling a topology change in the form of a full bridge and a half bridge; and a controller detecting a charge measurement value of a battery being charged with a power transferred by the converter, and changing a topology of the converter based on the charge measurement value. Since battery charging is performed by changing the topology of the converter in accordance with the charge measurement value of the battery, the LLC resonance converter can be controlled at an optimized frequency, the efficiency is increased, and cost savings can be achieved.

Abstract: A planar transformer is disclosed. The planar transformer includes a first core, a second core, a third core, and a fourth core, which are sequentially disposed; a primary coil unit having multiple primary substrates through which the first to fourth cores penetrate and on which primary coil patterns are formed such that magnetic flux is generated in a first direction in the first and fourth cores and in a second direction in the second and third cores; and a secondary coil unit having multiple secondary substrates through which the first to fourth cores penetrate and on which secondary coil patterns are formed, the secondary coil patterns formed on a periphery of the first to fourth cores such that current induced by the magnetic flux flowing in the first to fourth cores flows therein, wherein the multiple primary and secondary substrates form a multi-layer structure.

Abstract: A light emitting module includes a circuit board, and light emitting diode chips arranged in a plurality of regions on the circuit board. The light emitting diode chips are divided into a plurality of light emitting diode groups connected in series. The plurality of light emitting diode groups is connected in parallel to one another, and at least one of the light emitting diode chips in at least one of the plurality of light emitting diode groups is disposed in a region different from that of at least one other light emitting diode chip.

Abstract: An electric power conversion system includes: an AC-DC conversion circuit converting AC charging power into DC power; a motor including a plurality of coils, one end of each being connected to a neutral point; a first switching device selectively allowing or blocking supply of output power from the AC-DC conversion circuit to the neutral point; an inverter including a plurality of motor connection terminals connected to the other ends of the coils of the motor, respectively, DC connection terminals including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a plurality of switching elements forming electrical connections between the DC connection terminals and the plurality of motor connection terminals; a battery connected to the DC connection terminals of the inverter; and a controller controlling operations of the AC-DC conversion circuit, the first switching device, and the inverter in accordance with whether or not the battery is charged.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power factor correction circuit including a plurality of legs connected in parallel and each leg including two switching devices connected in series, a plurality of inductors, each inductor having one terminal connected to an interconnection node of the two switching devices in a corresponding one of the plurality of legs, and a controller configured to control on/off states of the switching devices of the plurality of legs in a pulse width modulation manner such that each of the inductors of the plurality of inductors is built up twice or more in one switching period of the switching devices when an alternating current (AC) voltage is input to the other terminal of each inductor of the plurality of inductors.

Abstract: A system of charging a battery of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a charger having a direct current (DC) capacitor to which a DC voltage converted from an AC charge voltage is applied and a first DC converter that converts a magnitude of a voltage of the DC capacitor. A first battery is connected to the first DC converter and is charged with a DC voltage converted by the first DC converter. A second DC converter is connected to the battery and converts a magnitude of a voltage of the battery. A second battery receives a DC voltage converted by the second DC converter. A controller charges the DC capacitor up to a predetermined initial charge voltage using power stored in the second battery by operating the second DC converter and the first DC converter in a backward direction before the AC charge voltage is provided to the charger.

Abstract: A power conversion system for vehicles is provided. The system includes a switching circuit having first input/output terminals, second input/output terminals and a plurality of switching elements connected between the first input/output terminals and the second input/output terminals. A first energy storage device is connected to the second input/output terminals and has a preset charging/discharging voltage. A first voltage conversion circuit converts power output from the first input/output terminals to output a voltage less than the voltage of the first energy storage device. A second energy storage device is charged/discharged with the output voltage of the first voltage conversion circuit. A controller controls open/short-circuit states of the switching elements based on whether the first energy storage device is being charged and whether the vehicle is traveling.

Abstract: An isolation charging control apparatus of a vehicle includes a first vehicle charging control apparatus receiving a control pilot signal for charging control from a charging station system and to receive power from the charging station system and a second vehicle charging control apparatus isolated from the first vehicle charging control apparatus and performing vehicle charging control, using a signal received from the first vehicle charging control apparatus.