Abstract: The present invention relates to a lipid-based nanoparticle composition for enhancing transdermal absorption and a method of preparing the same. The present invention provides a carrier for enhancing transdermal absorption that enhances or promotes chemical bonding with skin tissue by modifying the surface of lipid nanoparticles with a polyphenol. This may demonstrate the synergistic effect of active and passive transdermal delivery systems.

Abstract: An intra prediction mode encoding and decoding method, an image decoding device, and an image encoding device operate by deriving most probable modes (MPMs) from surrounding prediction units adjacent to a current prediction unit and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit on the basis of an MPM flag indicating whether an MPM having the same prediction mode as the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit exists among the derived MPMs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling a vehicle. The device includes a memory and a controller. For example, the device identifies at least one score in association with a travel state of a host vehicle, identifies a final score using the at least one score and at least one weight respectively corresponding to the at least one score, generates a braking control signal based on the final score, and performs braking control for the host vehicle based on the braking control signal.

Abstract: A driving control apparatus includes a sensor device, a memory, and a controller. The driving control apparatus identifies at least one of a driving situation of an ego vehicle, driving information of the ego vehicle, or any combination thereof, using the sensor device; performs coasting control of the ego vehicle based on a first driving mode, when the at least one of the driving situation, the driving information, or the any combination thereof meets a specified condition; identifies risk information including at least one of at least one time to collision (TTC), a timegap with a forward vehicle, a relative speed to the forward vehicle, or any combination thereof; and determines whether to switch a driving mode to a second driving mode or a third driving mode including braking control, based on the result of comparing the risk information with a threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a fault of a vehicle component, may include: a processor; a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the processor; and the one or more programs include instructions for: an acceleration sensor for detecting an acceleration signal; feature extraction unit for extracting features related to a fault of a vehicle component from the detected acceleration signal; and a machine learning model for diagnosing a fault of the vehicle component based on the extracted features, wherein the machine learning model may be a model selected according to a preset evaluation index among a plurality of machine learning models trained based on training data sets.

Abstract: The present invention relates to video encoding/decoding methods and device, wherein the video encoding method according to the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring information of peripheral blocks; setting the information about a current block based on the information of the peripheral blocks; and encoding the current block based on the set information, wherein the current block and the peripheral blocks may be a CU (coding unit).

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: A device for controlling autonomous driving is introduced. A device may comprise a sensor, a memory storing instructions, and a controller operatively connected to the sensor and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the controller, may cause the device to detect, based on the sensor, information associated with at least one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle, determine at least one of whether a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle satisfies a distance condition, or whether a travel speed of the first vehicle satisfies a speed condition; and control the first vehicle based on at least some of the information and neither the distance condition nor the speed condition being satisfied, by causing a first deceleration, or based on at least one of the distance condition or the speed condition being satisfied, by causing a second deceleration greater than the first deceleration.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a channel layer coupled to a bit line, a cell string located along a first side portion of the channel layer, and an auxiliary string located along a second side portion of the same channel layer.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including an open portion, a first barrier insulating layer disposed on the first substrate and including a first contact hole overlapping the open portion, a first fan-out line disposed on the first barrier insulating layer, a pad part integrally formed with the first fan-out line and exposed through the open portion, a second substrate disposed on the first fan-out line, a connection part disposed on the second substrate and connected to the first fan-out line, a second fan-out line disposed on a layer between the first fan-out line and the connection part and connected to the connection part, a data line disposed on the same layer as the connection part and electrically connected to the second fan-out line, a flexible film including a lead electrode, and a contact part electrically connecting the lead electrode and the pad part.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing natural language according to an embodiment includes a collection module that collects documents having tags, a parsing module that extracts text from the collected documents and extracts tag-related information on the tag surrounding each extracted text, and a preprocessing module that generates tokens of a preset unit by tokenizing each extracted text, generates token position information for each token in full text of the document, and sets the token and the token position information as training data in matching with the tag-related information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a duty cycle monitoring method and apparatus for a memory interface, including receiving a clock signal as input and generating a first delay time offset and a second delay time offset, receiving the clock signal and the first delay time offset and then outputting a first delayed signal, receiving the first delayed signal and the second delay time offset and then outputting a second delayed signal, receiving the clock signal and the second delayed signal and then outputting a delay value corresponding to a half-period of the clock signal, and monitoring, based on the first delayed signal, whether a duty cycle of the clock signal conforms to a duty cycle specification.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: A memory device including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a read operation of reading data from memory cells connected to a selected word line, and a read operation controller configured to apply a plurality of read voltages to the selected word line, apply a first pass voltage to unselected word lines while first read voltages for determining a program state of memory cells having a threshold voltage higher than a reference voltage among the plurality of read voltages are applied to the selected word line, and apply a second pass voltage higher than the first pass voltage to the unselected word line while second read voltages for determining a program state of memory cells having a threshold voltage lower than the reference voltage among the plurality of read voltages are applied to the selected word line.

Abstract: The present discloses provides a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes first main plugs formed in a vertical direction over a substrate and arranged in a first direction, second main plugs, third main plugs arranged between the first and second main plugs, the third main plugs adjacent to the first and second main plugs, and bit lines above the first to third main plugs, wherein each of the first to third main plugs includes first and second sub-plugs facing each other, wherein portions of the first and second sub-plugs included in each of the first and third main plugs are coupled to different select lines, and wherein portions of the first and second sub-plugs included in each of the second and third main plugs are coupled to different select lines.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present technology includes a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes a memory block, a peripheral circuit configured to increase a threshold voltage of memory cells selected among memory cells included in the memory block according to logic data, detect low-level cells having a threshold voltage higher than a reference voltage among memory cells having a threshold voltage lower than a verify voltage at a first time within a verify time set according the number of bits included into the logic data, and detect high-level cells having a threshold voltage higher than the verify voltage at a second time after the first time, and a control circuit configured to control the peripheral circuit in response to a command.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a memory device may include a plurality of memory cells connected to each word line, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation on memory cells that are connected to a selected word line, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program operation on the memory cells that are connected to the selected word line after performing a pre-program operation that increases a threshold voltage of over-erasure cells, among memory cells that are connected to an adjacent word line, having a threshold voltage of an over-erasure state that is lower than a threshold voltage of an erasure state, to the threshold voltage of the erasure state, wherein the adjacent word line is a word line that is next to the selected word line.