Abstract: A storage device includes at least one non-volatile memory device, and processing circuitry configured to control the non-volatile memory device and communicate with at least one external host device through at least one interface channel, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, monitor performances of a plurality of virtual functions, generate status information of the plurality of virtual functions based on the monitored performances of the plurality of virtual functions, and allocate one or more resources to the plurality of virtual functions in real time based on the status information associated with the respective virtual function of the plurality of virtual functions.

Abstract: A transformer-transducer model for unifying streaming and non-streaming speech recognition includes an audio encoder, a label encoder, and a joint network. The audio encoder receives a sequence of acoustic frames, and generates, at each of a plurality of time steps, a higher order feature representation for a corresponding acoustic frame. The label encoder receives a sequence of non-blank symbols output by a final softmax layer, and generates, at each of the plurality of time steps, a dense representation. The joint network receives the higher order feature representation and the dense representation at each of the plurality of time steps, and generates a probability distribution over possible speech recognition hypothesis. The audio encoder of the model further includes a neural network having an initial stack of transformer layers trained with zero look ahead audio context, and a final stack of transformer layers trained with a variable look ahead audio context.

Abstract: The positive electrode active material includes: a first phase containing a lithium manganese oxide with a rock salt structure; and a second phase containing a lithium metal oxide with a layered structure, in a mixed state. In the positive electrode active material, the content of manganese may account for about 50 mol % or more of the total content of metals contained in the positive electrode active material, excluding lithium, and niobium (Nb) which is additionally doped on the positive electrode active material may be further included in an amount of about 2,000 ppm to 9,500 ppm based on the total content of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A thin film transistor for a display device can include an active layer disposed on a substrate, a gate electrode overlapping with the active layer, a source electrode electrically connected to the active layer, a drain electrode electrically connected to the active layer, and at least one hole in the active layer, in which the at least one hole at least partially overlaps with an edge of the gate electrode. Also, the at least one hole in the active layer can control or block diffusion of a dopant within the active layer.

Abstract: A washing machine has a tub, a drum configured to be rotatable inside the tub, a weight balancer coupled to the tub, a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration of the tub while the drum is rotating, and at least one processor configured to determine whether a weight balancer is damaged based on a difference between a magnitude of the detected vibration of the tub at a fundamental frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the drum and a magnitude of the detected vibration of the tub at a harmonic frequency of the fundamental frequency.

Abstract: Systems and methods include reception of an instruction to recover a first database tenant of a first database instance to a first point in time, the first database tenant associated with first database artifacts of the first database instance, and the first database instance including two or more database tenants and, in response to the instruction, creation of a second database instance, selection of backup data of the first database instance based on the first point in time, execution of a recovery of the backup data on the second database instance, export of second database artifacts of the first database tenant from the second database instance to a storage, truncation of the first database artifacts from the first database instance, import of the second database artifacts from the storage to the first database instance, and deletion of the second database instance.

Abstract: A comprehensive financial management system includes a first financial information collector configured to receive first financial information about deposit and withdrawal details for each preset account from a bank server and convert the first financial information into a database, a second financial information collector configured to receive second financial information about approval details for each preset card from a card company server and convert the second financial information into a database, a third financial information collector configured to receive third financial information about details of electronic tax invoices, electronic invoices, and cash receipts that are supplied or received based on a pre-set management business operator from the National Tax Service server and convert the third financial information into a database.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array that includes a first pixel group located in a first row and including a first select transistor and a first floating diffusion region, a second pixel group located in a second row and including a second select transistor and a second floating diffusion region, and a column line connected to both the first pixel group and the second pixel group. While charges generated by a photoelectric conversion element of the first pixel group are transferred to the first floating diffusion region, the first select transistor is turned off, the second select transistor is turned on, and a first voltage is applied to the column line through the second select transistor. A photoelectric conversion element of the second pixel group generates charges prior to the photoelectric conversion element of the first pixel group, so as to be transferred to the second floating diffusion region.

Abstract: A robot includes a 2D camera, a 1D distance sensor, a driving module configured to move the robot, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: obtain a 2D image by controlling the 2D camera; calculate relative depths of actual regions indicated by pixels in the 2D image, based on the obtained 2D image; obtain a reference distance to a point to which a laser output from the 1D distance sensor is irradiated; determine a distance from the robot to the object in the 2D image based on the obtained reference distance and a relative depth of a reference point corresponding to the point to which the laser is irradiated among the pixels in the 2D image; and travel based on the determined distance to the object.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for configuring system variables related to load control in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, and a processor configured to identify a traffic pattern for each cell based on at least one of the plural statistical indicators, in case of determining to update a system variable of cell based on the traffic pattern, configure at least one of the plural statistical indicators as a controlling indicator, and update at least one system variable for at least one cell based on the required change amount of the at least one controlling indicator.

Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display device includes first to sixth thin-film transistors, and first and second capacitors. The first thin-film transistor generates a driving current, the sixth thin-film transistor is connected between a light-emitting element and the first thin-film transistor and controls a transfer of the driving current, and the second capacitor is connected between a gate electrode of the sixth thin-film transistor and the light-emitting element.

Abstract: A load lock system including an imaging subsystem and an image processing subsystem to capture comprehensive data of a substrate within a load lock chamber. The imaging subsystem can include multiple imaging elements (e.g. cameras or image sensors), to capture image data of a substrate. The image processing subsystem can process the image data with a number of computer vision, or feature extraction techniques to identify nonconformities associated with the substrate. These nonconformities can include chips, breaks, scratch, placement errors, orientation errors, or a number of other errors associated with the substrate and substrate components. The image processing subsystem can further output a message indicating any one of these errors have occurred.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor substrate includes a circuit pattern region and a peripheral region surrounding the circuit pattern region, an activation layer on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of circuit patterns in the circuit pattern region, and at least one scattering detection pattern in the peripheral region and having a plurality of circuit cells that generate leakage current based on a scattered beam or heat of a laser.

Abstract: A pay sheet planning system includes a first information management unit that stores and manages, as a database, resolution information, on the basis of a resolution information input signal input through an input device of the manager computer; and a second information management unit that stores and manages, as a database, slip information, on the basis of resolution information, corresponding to a slip registration target selection signal input through the input device of the manager computer, in the resolution information that is generated, stored and managed through the first information management unit.

Abstract: A cleaner including a cleaner body having a suction motor, a nozzle that sucks in foreign substances and air from a floor surface by suction force of the suction motor, and a connection tube connected to a rear portion of the nozzle and guiding foreign substances and air sucked from the nozzle to the cleaner body. Additionally, the nozzle may include a nozzle body having a front-rear suction passage extending in a front-rear direction of the nozzle so that the foreign substances and air are sucked in, and formed so that the front-rear suction passage is connected to the connection tube, a rotation cleaning part provided so as to be rotatable below the nozzle body and having at least one rotation plate to which a mop is attached, and a driving device provided in the nozzle body and having a driving motor for rotating the rotation plate.

Abstract: An embedded memory device includes a retention voltage supply circuit outputting a retention voltage in response to a retention activation signal, and a plurality of array voltage supply circuits outputting corresponding array voltages to corresponding bit cells. The plurality of array voltage supply circuits respectively include an array switch providing the retention voltage as a corresponding array voltage in response to the retention activation signal, a power switch providing a power supply voltage as the corresponding array voltage in response to a power gate activation signal, and an auxiliary circuit compensating the corresponding array voltage during a write operation or a read operation.

Abstract: A nozzle of a cleaner includes a nozzle body, a rotation cleaning part having a rotation plate to which a rag is attached, a driving device provided in the nozzle body, a water tank, a water supply passage, and a water adjuster of which at least a portion is mounted on the nozzle body at a rear side thereof so as to be exposed to a rear surface or a top surface of the nozzle body. A user standing on the same floor surface as the nozzle body may manipulate the water adjuster by using his or her foot. The water adjuster can adjust an on/off operation and a rotational speed (e.g., rpm) of the pump motor.