Abstract: In a method of predicting an optimal process condition model for a semiconductor fabrication process, process parameter information of a unit process in the semiconductor fabrication process may be collected. First characteristics information of objects to be processed before the unit process and second characteristic information of processed objects after the unit process may be extracted. Process global uniformity (PGU) may be calculated using the first characteristic information and the second characteristic information. A data set of the unit process may be created using the process parameter information and the PGU. A virtual process environment function of the unit process may be created using the data set. The optimal process condition model of the unit process may be created using the virtual process environment function.

Abstract: A method of extending message nodes of an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)-Device Management (DM) protocol, which is performed by a server to improve efficiency of a vehicle over-the air (OTA) update, may comprise: receiving a package including vehicle device information (DevInfo) from a client of a vehicle; and checking an update state of software (SW) installed on the client on the basis of information having a field for defining information on a vehicle registration district, a field for defining information on a production year of the vehicle, and an SW field for defining an SW expansion which are included in the DevInfo.

Abstract: An atomizer includes a liquid delivery element configured to absorb an aerosol generating material of a liquid storage and a wire configured to heat the aerosol generating material and wound on a surface of the liquid delivery element, wherein the wire is wound in a spiral shape such that coils of the wire are spaced apart from each other by a certain distance on the surface of the liquid delivery element, one of end portions of the wire is in contact with a first portion of the surface of the liquid delivery element, and the other one of the end portions of the wire is in contact with a second portion of the surface of the liquid delivery element.

Abstract: A method for producing a high-nickel positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same is provided. The method includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide having a nickel content of 80 atm % or greater among transition metals, washing the lithium composite transition metal oxide, and mixing the washed lithium composite transition metal oxide with an aluminum raw material and heat treating the mixture at a temperature of 650° C. to 690° C. to obtain a positive electrode active material having a surface portion doped with aluminum.

Abstract: A pixel includes a first electrode; a second electrode surrounding at least a portion of the first electrode; a plurality of light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact electrode on the first electrode, the first contact electrode electrically connecting the first electrode and the plurality of light emitting elements; a second contact electrode on the second electrode, the second contact electrode electrically connecting the second electrode and the plurality of light emitting elements; and an intermediate electrode on the first electrode and the second electrode, the intermediate electrode comprising a first area overlapping the first electrode and a second area overlapping the second electrode, the first area and the second area being integrally connected to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting the reading of a medical image based on a medical artificial neural network, the apparatus including a computing system. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a computing system, and the computing system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor acquires or receives a first analysis result obtained through the inference of a first artificial neural network for a first medical image, generates a first visualization format, which is a representative visualization format of the first medical image, based on the first analysis result, and visualizes the first medical image and the first analysis result based on the first visualization format.

Abstract: An ingot growth apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a growth furnace having a main crucible which is disposed within the growth furnace and holds molten silicon therein in order to grow an ingot; a preliminary melting part having a preliminary crucible which is supplied with a solid silicon material, melts the solid silicon material, and supplies the molten silicon to the main crucible; a temperature detection sensor which is disposed above the preliminary melting part and detects the temperature of the solid silicon material or molten silicon held in the preliminary melting part; and a control part which controls supply of the molten silicon from the preliminary crucible to the main crucible on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature detection sensor.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes a furnace body, a roller inside the furnace body, a heater inside the furnace body, an upper and lower discharge pipes on the furnace body, and a lower supply pipe on the lower part of the furnace body. The furnace body includes areas having the upper and lower discharge pipes, the areas including a first area to an Nth area disposed sequentially along a second direction being a transport direction of each of the materials, a length of the first area in the second direction is shorter than lengths of the second area to the Nth area in the second direction, and in each of the first area to the Nth area, the upper discharge pipe and the lower supply pipe are not arranged in a straight line in a third direction being a height direction to be misaligned from each other.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component including: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and external electrodes disposed outside the body and connected to the internal electrodes, wherein 1.5?Hfs/Hfc?5.0 when the internal electrode includes hafnium (Hf), Hfc indicates an average Hf content (at %) in a center of the internal electrode, and Hfs indicates an average Hf content (at %) in the internal electrode, measured from the center of the internal electrode to an interface thereof in contact with the dielectric layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a user authentication-based packet classification method and apparatus for providing differentiated security services in a ship network. A user authentication-based packet classification method includes receiving an authorization code request message from a user terminal including a client, authenticating and authorizing a user of the client based on the authorization code request message, transmitting an authorization code response message to the user terminal in response to the authorization code request message, receiving an access token request message from the user terminal based on the authorization code response message, and transmitting an access token response message including an access token to the user terminal in response to the access token request message.

Abstract: A cartridge for mounting on a main body of an aerosol generating device includes: a liquid storage extending in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge to form an outer wall of the cartridge, the liquid storage including a space accommodating a liquid composition therein; a heater that heats the liquid composition accommodated in the liquid storage to generate an aerosol; and a coupling protrusion including an elastic material, the coupling protrusion protruding from an outer surface of the liquid storage and coupling the main body to the cartridge.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed are an airbag for a seat capable of quickly and safely supporting an occupant's body parts in order to reduce the risk of injury to the occupant and a method of controlling deployment thereof. The airbag includes an airbag cushion configured to be deployed so as to cover areas ahead of and above a seat, an active wire connected between each of two side surfaces of the seat and a respective one of two side surfaces of the airbag cushion, an active mechanism configured to generate force of pulling the active wire connected to the airbag cushion toward an occupant, and a controller configured to apply an operation command to the active mechanism during operation of the airbag to control the active mechanism to pull the active wire so that the airbag cushion is pulled toward the occupant.

Abstract: A capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrode layers, and external electrodes disposed on the body and connected to the first and second internal electrode layers, respectively. The body includes an active portion in which the first and second internal electrode layers are alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, a cover portion disposed on an upper portion and a lower portion of the active portion, and a side margin portion disposed on both sides of the active portion opposing each other. When a content of magnesium (Mg) included in the active portion is A1, a content of magnesium (Mg) included in the cover portion is C1, and a content of magnesium (Mg) included in the margin portion is M1, 0<A1<M1?C1 and A1/C1?0.60 are satisfied.

Abstract: A binder solution for an all-solid-state battery, an electrode slurry for an all-solid-state battery including the same and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery using the same, and more particularly to a binder solution for an all-solid-state battery, in which a polymer binder configured such that a non-polar functional group is bonded to the end of a polar functional group is used, whereby the polar functional group is provided by a deprotection mechanism of the polymer binder through a thermal treatment, thus increasing adhesion between electrode materials to thereby improve battery capacity and enabling a wet process to thereby reduce manufacturing costs, an electrode slurry for an all-solid-state battery including the same and a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery using the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a line; a source structure on the line; a stack structure on the source structure; a first slit structure penetrating the stack structure; a second slit structure penetrating the stack structure; and a contact plug adjacent to the first slit structure in a first direction. The first slit structure and the second slit structure may be spaced apart from each other by a first distance in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The contact plug penetrates the source structure, the contact plug being electrically connected to the lower line. The first slit structure and the contact plug may be spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the first direction, and the second distance may be longer than the first distance.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a discharge pressure of a fluid includes: a pump configured to suck the fluid through an inlet or to discharge the sucked fluid through an outlet; a distributor connected to the pump and to an injection nozzle provided by a sensor and configured to distribute the fluid discharged from the pump to the sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the pump to operate selectively in accordance with detection of contamination of the sensor and to control operation of the distributor to be forcibly delayed during operation of the pump such that the fluid distributed to the sensor, when detected as being contaminated, is controlled to reach a selected required discharge pressure of different required discharge pressures selected in accordance with water amount information and a degree of contamination of the sensor.

Abstract: A conductive composite material, a method of preparing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. The conductive composite material may increase the proportion of an active material when forming an electrode by chemically bonding a conductive material and a binder to each other. A method of preparing the conductive composite material comprises ionizing carbon-based particles in a predetermined polarity, ionizing PTFE particles in a polarity different from that of the carbon-based particles, and chemically bonding the ionized carbon-based particles and the ionized PTFE particles, which are ionized in different polarities, to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling step charging of a secondary battery. A charging control unit determines a SOC, an OCV and a polarization voltage of the secondary battery, determines an OCV deviation corresponding to a difference between the OCV and a predefined minimum OCV value, determines a correction factor corresponding to the polarization voltage and the OCV deviation, determines a look-up SOC by correcting the SOC according to the correction factor, determines the magnitude of a charging current corresponding to the look-up SOC, and provides the determined charging current to a charging device.