Abstract: An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal; a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing time-interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling start position information and size information for each of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs). In this case, the Physical Layer Pipes include a core layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: A method of configuring a lateral wireless charging chain by a first vehicle includes detecting a second vehicle in which a lateral wireless charging chain is configurable, calculating a distance to the second vehicle, performing based on the calculated distance being within a first distance, lateral alignment control with the second vehicle, and performing based on the calculated distance being within a second distance, longitudinal alignment control with the second vehicle.

Abstract: A traffic light recognition-based smart cruise control (SCC) control apparatus and method. The apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture a front-side image of a vehicle, and a controller configured to classify at least one traffic light in the front-side image, calculate a distance to each classified traffic light, if there are a plurality of traffic lights having different distances in the front-side image, recognize a first signal of a first traffic light closest to the vehicle and a second signal of a second traffic light located next to the first traffic light, if the first signal is a driving signal and the second signal is a stop signal, calculate an acceleration time, and control the vehicle to be accelerated and traveled during the acceleration time, and then stopped before the second traffic light by using frictional force.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode tab guide device for guiding electrode tabs provided at an edge of an electrode sheet being transferred by a roller. The electrode tab guide device includes: a guide body disposed on a side of a periphery of the roller; a first guide member that is spaced apart from the guide body in a peripheral direction of the roller, and guides the electrode tabs onto an outer peripheral surface of the roller; and a first adjustment unit that is coupled at both longitudinal sides thereof to the first guide member and the guide body, respectively, and adjusts a distance between the first guide member and the guide body.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed that comprises a display panel including a plurality of subpixels, a source film coupled to a side of the display panel and on which a source driving integrated circuit supplying a data voltage to the display panel is implemented, and a source printed circuit board on which a low-potential voltage line transmitting a base voltage to the display panel through the source film is disposed in a closed loop structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Schwann cell-specific promoter and use thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an artificially engineered minimal promoter that specifically operates in Schwann cells, wherein the artificially engineered minimal promoter is derived from an MPZ (Myelin Protein Zero or PO) promoter. In addition, the present invention relates to a vector using the Schwann cell-specific promoter and a method for treating Schwann cell-related diseases using same.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device including a display panel and a scan signal generator configured to generate a (1-1) th scan signal and a (1-2) th scan signal to be supplied to a first horizontal line of the display panel and a (2-1) th scan signal and a (2-2) th scan signal to be supplied to a second horizontal line of the display panel, wherein the scan signal generator includes a switch circuit, and an output circuit.

Abstract: A method for taking a picture according to an embodiment may include a step of acquiring a first image of a subject, a step of determining a background and a composition based on the first image, and a step of acquiring a second image of the subject by taking a picture of the subject with the background and the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for direct backside contact formation. In some embodiments, a method may include providing a stack of layers defining a front side and a backside, wherein the front side comprises one or more devices, and forming a plurality of vias in the backside, wherein each via of the plurality of vias extends to a source/drain. The method may further include performing a dopant implant to the backside including into the plurality of vias, wherein the dopant implant is performed at a temperature greater than 300° C., forming a silicide region within each of the source/drains, and forming a backside contact within each of the plurality of vias, wherein the backside contact is formed over the silicide region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active sound design (ASD) system for adjusting and controlling a volume of a virtual engine sound/synthetic engine sound according to a vehicle speed, and to an adaptive sound control system and method of an ASD system capable of keeping driving sound quality constant by actively controlling the ASD sound in consideration of the in-vehicle noise level since an in-vehicle noise (background noise) level varies according to different conditions (road surface noise, wind noise, etc.) even with the same vehicle speed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cells for intravascular transplantation having hemocompatibility in which the blood coagulation mechanism and thrombosis reaction are inhibited by artificially modifying the F3 gene encoding CD142 that is an initiator of blood coagulation, using gene scissors technology to reduce or suppress the expression or activity of CD142, a method of producing the same, and a use thereof for preventing or treating liver disease and diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for initialization diagnosis of a mobile robot. The present invention comprises the steps, executed by at least one processor included in a mobile robot, of executing an initialization diagnosis command to cause an initialization operation to be performed, the initialization operation being necessary to determine an initialization quality when a diagnosis target module transitions from an idle state to a wake-up state; receiving diagnosis acquisition information including a response according to the initialization diagnosis command in the wake-up state of the diagnosis target module; and, by using a task mission to be performed by the mobile robot and the diagnosis acquisition information, calculating an initialization quality evaluation result value indicating the initialization quality of the diagnosis target module, and executing a response operation according to the initialization quality evaluation result value.

Abstract: Approaches herein provide devices and methods for forming gate-all-around transistors with improved gate spacer k-values. One method may include forming a gate-all-around (GAA) stack including a plurality of alternating first layers and second layers, and forming a source/drain (S/D) cavity through the plurality of alternating first layers and second layers. The method may further include forming an inner spacer in the S/D cavity, adjacent the plurality of alternating first layers and second layers, performing a first implant by directing fluorine ions to the GAA stack, through the S/D cavity, wherein the first implant is performed at a temperature greater than 30° Celsius and forming a S/D material in the S/D cavity following the first implant.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal, using the time-interleaved signal.

Abstract: Provided are a virtual sound output system for communication with pedestrians and a control method thereof, and in particular, to a virtual sound output system for communication with pedestrians and a control method thereof, which enable smooth transmission of sound to one or a plurality of pedestrian groups by differentially controlling focal points according to pedestrian distribution situations, while performing communication between a vehicle and a pedestrian using a beam-focused directional speaker.

Abstract: Provided is an object distance measurement method based on a camera. The object distance measurement method may include: receiving an image captured through a camera of a vehicle; extracting a bounding box area of an object included in the image; estimating location change information of the camera for a predetermined time period; and calculating a distance to the object on the basis of the location change information of the camera.

Abstract: In a soft grip head, a soft grip unit having the soft grip head, and a grip device having the soft grip unit, the soft grip head has a suction pad and the suction pad makes contact with an object. The suction pad includes a sidewall and a plurality of suction cells. The sidewall divides the suction pad into a plurality of spaces, and both ends of each of the spaces are open. A plurality of suction cells is respectively formed by the spaces divided by the sidewall. The suction pad includes a material having a stiffness along an axial direction smaller than a stiffness along a width direction. The suction cells extend along the axial direction, and the width direction is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: Hypoimmunogenic stem cells and hypoimmunogenic cells differentiated or derived from stem cells are disclosed. The hypoimmunogenic stem cells and the hypoimmunogenic cells differentiated or derived therefrom are capable of inhibiting immune rejection upon transplantation by increasing the expression or activity level of immune activity inhibitory factors. A method of preparing the same and a cell therapeutic agent using the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is an embedded semantic division network including a communication module configured to receive an image captured by a camera, a memory configured to store a semantic division network (MMANet)-based program for extracting a context of the captured image, and a processor extracts the context of the captured image by selecting a convolutional neural network (CNN) processing module or a depth-wise separable convolution (DSC) processing module according to a size of a activation map in each layer of the semantic division network that includes an encoder unit and a decoder unit including at least one of the CNN processing module and the DSC processing module that are connected from an upper layer to a lower layer and reduce features of an input image.

Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a first semiconductor apparatus and a second semiconductor apparatus. The first semiconductor apparatus transmits an address signal during an address cycle after transmitting a command signal during a command cycle. The first semiconductor apparatus transmits a selection signal during a logical unit number selection cycle before the command cycle. The second semiconductor apparatus performs a data input and output operation based on the selection signal, the command signal, and the address signal.