Abstract: Disclosed herein are a human behavior recognition apparatus and method. The human behavior recognition apparatus includes a multimodal sensor unit for generating at least one of image information, sound information, location information, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) information of a person using a multimodal sensor, a contextual information extraction unit for extracting contextual information for recognizing actions of the person from the at least one piece of generated information, a human behavior recognition unit for generating behavior recognition information by recognizing the actions of the person using the contextual information and recognizing a final action of the person using the behavior recognition information and behavior intention information, and a behavior intention inference unit for generating the behavior intention information based on context of action occurrence related to each of the actions of the person included in the behavior recognition information.

Abstract: A cover window includes a window member and a protective member. The window member includes a light transmitting area and a light shielding area. The protective member is disposed on a surface of the window member and includes an incision pattern. The light shielding area includes a trench portion extending concavely toward the light transmitting area. The protective member overlaps the trench portion in a thickness direction.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing semiconductor memory using variable resistance elements for storing data. In one aspect, an electronic device is provided to comprise a semiconductor memory unit including: a substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer disposed over the substrate; and a variable resistance element including a seed layer formed over the interlayer dielectric layer, a first magnetic layer formed over the seed layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed over the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer formed over the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the seed layer includes a conductive material having a metallic property and an oxygen content of 1% to approximately 10%.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for determining the speech and motion properties of an interactive robot. The method for determining the speech and motion properties of an interactive robot includes receiving interlocutor conversation information including at least one of voice information and image information about an interlocutor that interacts with an interactive robot, extracting at least one of a verbal property and a nonverbal property of the interlocutor by analyzing the interlocutor conversation information, determining at least one of a speech property and a motion property of the interactive robot based on at least one of the verbal property, the nonverbal property, and context information inferred from a conversation between the interactive robot and the interlocutor, and controlling the operation of the interactive robot based on at least one of the determined speech property and motion property of the interactive robot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound showing leukotriene B4 receptor 2 (BLT2) inhibitory activity and a pharmaceutical composition, for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases, having same as an active ingredient. The inventors identified a novel compound containing BTL2 inhibitory activity, and experimentally confirmed that the present novel compound had an excellent effect on the enhancement of the cancer cell death, on the inhibition of the metastasis and chemotactic mobility, and on the anti-asthma activity. Therefore, the present novel compound can be used as a very effective pharmaceutical component for treating the inflammatory-related diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus for writing a motion script and an apparatus and method for self-teaching of a motion. The method for self-teaching of a motion, in which the apparatus for writing a motion script and the apparatus for self-teaching of a motion are used, includes creating, by the apparatus for writing a motion script, a motion script based on expert motion of a first user; analyzing, by the apparatus for self-teaching of a motion, a motion of a second user, who learns the expert motion, based on the motion script; and outputting, by the apparatus for self-teaching of a motion, a result of analysis of the motion of the second user.

Abstract: A fuse structure includes a fusing line including a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion between the first portion and the second portion; and a dummy fuse neighboring the fusing line, the dummy fuse may include: a first air dummy fuse including a plurality of first air gaps extending in a first direction parallel to the fusing line; and a second air dummy fuse including a second air gap extending in a second direction crossing the fusing line.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device capable of improving image sticking improvement capability by expanding an image shift orbit or changing the shape of an image shift orbit using a maximum shift range. An image processor of an OLED display device independently determines a pixel shift amount in a horizontal direction and a pixel shift amount in a vertical direction in consideration of a maximum shift range in each of the horizontal and vertical directions, simultaneously applies the determined pixel shift amounts in the horizontal and vertical directions to shift a source image, and outputs the shifted image.

Abstract: An e-fuse for a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes; a gate metal electrically coupling the first and second electrodes with each other; a semiconductor layer formed under the gate metal, and forming a capacitor together with the gate metal; and a first oxide layer formed under the gate metal and on both sides of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a lithium air battery having a multi-layered electrolyte membrane and a method of manufacturing the same. The lithium air battery includes a first electrolyte membrane capable of obtaining high ionic conductivity on a lithium negative electrode surface while minimizing the content of polymer and positioning a second electrolyte membrane with high resistance to oxygen radicals on the air electrode. Accordingly, the multi-layered electrolyte membrane can improve an electrolyte filling characteristic and a conductive characteristic of lithium ions, suppress oxygen radicals from being carried from an air electrode, and suppress a growth of lithium dendrite to largely improve a battery lifespan.

Abstract: An e-fuse for use in a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes; a gate metal coupling the first and second electrodes with each other; a first oxide layer formed under the gate metal; and a gate oxide layer formed between a bottom end of the gate metal and a top end of the first oxide layer.

Abstract: An air purifier is provided. The air purifier includes a plurality of filters, a driving unit configured to individually move the plurality of filters, and a processor configured to control the driving unit so that at least one of the plurality of filters is disposed in an air passage in the air purifier according to an air state.

Abstract: In a method of testing an interconnection substrate, a blocking condition of a reference light reflected from a probe having an intrinsic optical characteristic may be set. An electric field emitted from a test interconnection substrate having a plurality of circuits may change the intrinsic optical characteristics of the probe into test optical characteristics. Light may be irradiated to the probe having the test optical characteristics. The reference light reflected from the probe having the test optical characteristic may be blocked in accordance with the blocking condition. The remaining reflected light that may be due to an abnormal circuit may be detected.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for registering face poses for face recognition. The apparatus includes a face detection unit for detecting the face of a user from an image including the face of the user; a pose recognition unit for recognizing the face pose of the face of the user based on the degree of rotation of the face of the user; a registration interface unit for providing an interface for showing information about whether the face poses of the face of the user are registered; and a face registration unit for registering the face pose of the face of the user when the face pose of the face of the user is recognized as an unregistered face pose based on the interface.

Abstract: The present invention relates an electrode notching apparatus. The electrode notching apparatus comprises: a notching unit shaping an electrode into a predetermined pattern; a heating unit drying the electrode processed by the notching unit; and a collecting unit collecting the electrode dried by the heating unit, wherein the heating unit comprises: a heating body having a drying space through which the electrode supplied by the notching unit passes; and heating members directly heating a surface of the electrode passing through the drying space to dry moisture remaining on the electrode.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid medicine injection device that is attached to a patient's body to inject liquid medicine such as insulin at an appropriate time. A liquid medicine injection device according to the present invention includes: a case; a liquid medicine tank that is disposed in the case and where liquid medicine is received; an electro-osmosis pump that is connected with the liquid medicine tank and moves the liquid medicine; a needle assembly that receives the liquid medicine by being connected to the electro-osmosis pump and injects the received liquid medicine into a human body; and an adhesive member combined to the case and attached to the human body.

Abstract: An image sensor and an image processing system including the same are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels each connected to one of first through m-th column lines to output a pixel signal, where “m” is an integer of at least 2; analog-to-digital converters each configured to receive the pixel signal corresponding to one of the first through m-th column lines, to compare the pixel signal with a ramp signal, and to convert the pixel signal to a digital pixel signal; and a blocking circuit connected to an input terminal of at least one of the analog-to-digital converters to block an influence of an operation of others among the analog-to-digital converters.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing a wiring circuit includes: a circuit substrate having wirings in the circuit substrate and pads on an upper surface of the circuit substrate and connected to the wirings; an electrode below a lower surface of the circuit substrate; an optical sensor above the upper surface of the circuit substrate and configured to detect a signal emitted from the upper surface of the circuit substrate; and an optical unit above the optical sensor and configured to irradiate light, wherein the optical sensor includes: an optical substrate whose optical characteristics are changed by the signal emitted from the upper surface of the circuit substrate; and a patterned reflective layer on a surface of the optical substrate facing the circuit substrate, the patterned reflective layer having a first region reflecting light incident on the optical substrate and a second region transmitting the light incident on the optical substrate.

Abstract: A method of decoding a low density parity check (LDPC) code, includes dividing a parity check matrix of the LDPC code, into a plurality of sub blocks. The method further includes, for each of a plurality of decoding iterations, performing a node operation of each of target sub blocks among the plurality of sub blocks, the target sub blocks corresponding to a present decoding iteration among the plurality of decoding iterations, in a decoding schedule, estimating a reliability of each of the target sub blocks, based on a result of the node operation of each of the target sub blocks, and adjusting the decoding schedule, based on the reliability of each of the target sub blocks.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a self-healing hydrogel-filled separation membrane for water treatment includes soaking a porous support comprising pores in a monomer solution to fill the pores with the solution, removing the excessively filled monomer solution from the porous support, and forming a hydrogel in the pores by crosslinking the monomer. The separation membrane does not require an additional repair process when damage occurs to the separation membrane and can exhibit superior self-healing effect and physical stability.