Abstract: An apparatus for shooting scattered blood marks at right angles includes: a first body including a lens coupling portion formed to couple a camera lens and a housing portion having a hollow inside and forming an opening at one end thereof; and a second body including a surface contact portion formed to contact a target surface including scattered blood marks and an insertion portion extending from the surface contact portion and inserted into the housing portion to adjust a distance between the scattered blood marks and the camera lens.

Abstract: A memory system may include: one or more memory devices each including a plurality of memory cells for storing data; a memory for storing meta data associated with the stored data; and a memory controller in communication with the memory and the one or more memory devices and for loading the meta data from the memory, and generating first meta page based on the meta data according to a first layout, and storing the first meta page in the memory device.

Abstract: Artificial blood for a bloodstain pattern analysis includes water, an amino acid solution, bovine serum albumin, hemoglobin from bovine blood, potassium ferricyanide, sodium hyaluronate, sodium chloride, and tar color.

Abstract: A method of determining footprint identity using a dimension reduction algorithm according to an embodiment includes: pre-processing to process three-dimensional (3D) image data about footprints of a first person and a second person and convert the 3D image data into one-dimensional (1D) data about the footprints of the first person and the second person; calculating a distribution of cross-correlation coefficients between two pieces of 1D data about footprints of the first person (SC: same footwear correlation) and a distribution of cross-correlation coefficients between the 1D data about the footprints of the first person and the second person (DC: difference footwear correlation); and calculating a likelihood ratio based on the SC and the DC to determine the degree of correspondence between the footprints of the first person and the second person.

Abstract: A method of determining footprint identity using a dimension reduction algorithm according to an embodiment includes: pre-processing to process three-dimensional (3D) image data about footprints of a first person and a second person and convert the 3D image data into one-dimensional (1D) data about the footprints of the first person and the second person; calculating a distribution of cross-correlation coefficients between two pieces of 1D data about footprints of the first person (SC: same footwear correlation) and a distribution of cross-correlation coefficients between the 1D data about the footprints of the first person and the second person (DC: difference footwear correlation); and calculating a likelihood ratio based on the SC and the DC to determine the degree of correspondence between the footprints of the first person and the second person.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. A substrate includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. A photoelectric conversion element is disposed on the substrate. A passivation layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. A microlens is disposed on the passivation layer in the first region and is not disposed on the passivation layer in the second region. A pattern structure is disposed on an upper surface of the passivation layer in the second region. The pattern structure includes a metal and has at least one lateral side wall having a sloped profile.

Abstract: Provided is a blood spatter simulation head model including a housing having the shape of a human head; a reservoir inside the housing and capable of storing blood; an injection tube connected to the reservoir and extending to a lower portion of the housing, the injection tube including an injection opening through which blood is injected; and a weight unit in a lower portion of the housing and supporting the housing.

Abstract: A memory system, a memory controller and an operating method are disclosed. By dividing a read count table including read count values respectively for a plurality of memory blocks into one or more read count table segments each including one or more read count values of a resolution, and managing one or more flags respectively corresponding to the read count table segments, and set the flag corresponding to the read count table segment in which at least one read count value is changed among the read count table segments, it is possible to minimize additional operational costs required to recover the read count table upon occurrence of an SPO.

Abstract: An impact blood splatters generation experimental apparatus capable of measuring an applied force includes: a hammer including a rod-shaped body portion, a head portion formed at one end of the body portion, and a striking portion formed on one side of the head portion; a housing receiving a certain amount of blood thereon and including a striking surface on which the striking portion may strike; a tensile force gauge attached to an outer surface of the housing; an elastic member having one end connected to the body portion and the other end connected to the tensile force gauge; and a display unit displaying a force applied to the hammer, the force being measured by the tensile force gauge, when a user lifts the hammer to strike the striking surface.

Abstract: A tool strip mark generator capable of measuring applied force includes: a bottom surface on which at least a portion of a target surface made of a material capable of generating a tool strip mark, which is a tool-scraped stripe, is formed; a rotating member configured to be rotatable in a state of being spaced apart from the bottom surface; a moving member movable on the bottom surface by laterally coupling the rotating member to a coupling portion; a force sensor attached to one side of an outer peripheral surface of the rotating member and sensing force which is applied when a tool strip mark is generated on the target surface by inserting the tool; a measurer configured to measure an output signal of the force sensor and calculate information about the applied force; and a display configured to display information about the applied force calculated by the measurer.

Abstract: A tool strip mark generator capable of measuring applied force includes: a bottom surface on which at least a portion of a target surface made of a material capable of generating a tool strip mark, which is a tool-scraped stripe, is formed; a rotating member configured to be rotatable in a state of being spaced apart from the bottom surface; a moving member movable on the bottom surface by laterally coupling the rotating member to a coupling portion; a force sensor attached to one side of an outer peripheral surface of the rotating member and sensing force which is applied when a tool strip mark is generated on the target surface by inserting the tool; a measurer configured to measure an output signal of the force sensor and calculate information about the applied force; and a display configured to display information about the applied force calculated by the measurer.

Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory controller, a memory system having the same, and a method of operating the same. The memory controller may include an operating environment determiner configured to determine an operating environment of a memory device based on at least one of surrounding environment-sensing data, and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to determine operating characteristics of the memory device required in the determined operating environment, select a policy depending on the determined operating characteristics, and control an operation of the memory device based on the selected policy.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a method of calculating an angle of impact of a bloodstain is performed by a device for calculating an angle of impact of a bloodstain and includes obtaining a captured image of an analysis target by using a camera, extracting a spatter stain included in the analysis target, by analyzing the obtained captured image, calculating a major axis length and a minor axis length of the spatter stain, estimating an angle of impact of the spatter stain by using the major axis length and the minor axis length of the spatter stain, and outputting the spatter stain and the angle of impact of the spatter stain.

Abstract: A temperature and humidity chamber type apparatus for taking potential impact marks according to an embodiment includes: a specimen treated with an amino acid reaction reagent to react with potential impact marks to take the potential impact marks; a chamber in which a receiving space for receiving the specimen is secured; a door for opening and closing the chamber; a supporter formed in the receiving space to receive the specimen; an adjuster for adjusting temperature and humidity in the chamber within a set application time range to take the potential impact marks; a display unit attached to one side of the outside of the chamber to display an operation state in the chamber; a power source; a controller for controlling setting of temperature, humidity, and an application time in the chamber; and an input unit in which the controller operates according to a user's input.

Abstract: A data storage device may include: a memory array comprising a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of pages and a controller in communication with the memory array and comprising a memory buffer, the controller configured to maintain attribute information associated with each block and each page of the memory array, the controller further configured to read data from a requested page in the memory array responsive to an external request, store the read data in a first region of the memory buffer to output the read data responsive to the external request, and copy the read data from the first region of the memory buffer into a second region of the memory buffer upon a determination based on the attribute information that the requested page is included in a supposed-to-be-erased region.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a method of calculating a formation time of a perimeter stain is performed by a device for calculating a formation time of a perimeter stain, and includes obtaining a captured image of an analysis target by using a camera, extracting an image of a perimeter stain included in the analysis target, by analyzing the obtained captured image, calculating a major axis length and a width of the perimeter stain, estimating a formation time of the perimeter stain by using the major axis length and the width of the perimeter stain, and outputting the image of the perimeter stain and the formation time of the perimeter stain.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device suitable for storing an erase count list where a first erase count of each of a plurality of memory blocks is recorded, and a controller suitable for counting the first erase count of each of the memory blocks, updating the erase count list to reflect the first erase count, selecting victim blocks from the memory blocks, checking a second erase count corresponding to each of the victim blocks, updating a victim block erase count list to reflect the second erase count, comparing the first erase count and the second erase count which correspond to a target victim block, among the victim blocks, and moving data stored in the target victim block to a normal block when the first erase count is equal to the second erase count.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of determining tool mark identity using machine learning may include: obtaining surface height data of at least two tool strip marks by photographing tool strip marks generated using at least two tools with a three-dimensional (3D) microscope; generating a data set by calculating a cross-correlation coefficient for the surface height data of the tool strip marks; separating the data set into a training set for machine learning training and a test set for verifying a machine learning result; performing the machine learning training to determine whether the tool strip marks are identical using the training set; and verifying a result of the machine learning training using the test set.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device suitable for storing an erase count list where a first erase count of each of a plurality of memory blocks is recorded, and a controller suitable for counting the first erase count of each of the memory blocks, updating the erase count list to reflect the first erase count, selecting victim blocks from the memory blocks, checking a second erase count corresponding to each of the victim blocks, updating a victim block erase count list to reflect the second erase count, comparing the first erase count and the second erase count which correspond to a target victim block, among the victim blocks, and moving data stored in the target victim block to a normal block when the first erase count is equal to the second erase count.

Abstract: Provided is a blood spatter simulation head model including a housing having the shape of a human head; a reservoir inside the housing and capable of storing blood; an injection tube connected to the reservoir and extending to a lower portion of the housing, the injection tube including an injection opening through which blood is injected; and a weight unit in a lower portion of the housing and supporting the housing.