Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder, wherein the positive electrode includes a polyimide-based polymer having a carboxyl group. The positive electrode has excellent lithium ion conductivity as well as prevents a side reaction of a positive electrode active material with an electrolyte by including a polyimide-based polymer having a carboxyl group in a positive electrode, wherein the polyimide-based polymer having high heat resistance and high stability is not phase-decomposed in the positive electrode to form a complex compound but protects the surface of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A method of processing an image includes: acquiring a first image for a target object by using a first imaging method (S110); acquiring a second image for the target object by using a second imaging method (S120); constructing a first sub-image and a second sub-image based on the first image (S130); constructing a third sub-image and a fourth sub-image based on the second image (S140); and determining a pixel value distribution information of a fused image based on a pixel value distribution information of each of the first sub-image, the second sub-image, the third sub-image, and the fourth sub-image, so as to obtain the fused image (S150). An apparatus of processing an image, a computing device, and a computer-readable storage medium are further provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure on a substrate, forming an adsorption control layer to cover an upper portion of the 3D structure, and forming a material layer on the adsorption control layer and on a lower portion of the 3D structure that is not covered by the adsorption control layer, wherein a minimum thickness of the material layer on the adsorption control layer is less than a maximum thickness of the material layer on the lower portion of the 3D structure.

Abstract: Provided is a display device that includes a display panel including a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area between the light emitting areas, an insulating layer disposed on the display panel, a first conductive pattern overlapping the non-light emitting area and directly disposed on the insulating layer, a color filter layer overlapping the light emitting areas and disposed on the insulating layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive pattern and the color filter layer and in which opening parts overlapping the light emitting areas are defined, and a second conductive pattern overlapping the non-light emitting area and disposed on the first insulating layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device including a first module suitable for generating a plurality of interpolated images separated for each color channel, based on a raw image and a plurality of first convolution layers, a second module suitable for generating a plurality of refined images separated for each color channel, based on the plurality of interpolated images and a plurality of second convolution layers, and a third module suitable for generating at least one output image corresponding to the raw image, based on the plurality of refined images and a plurality of third convolution layers.

Abstract: A data processing method is applied to a digital interface, which includes: reading data cached by a data source, where the data source includes a video source and an auxiliary data source; outputting video data, if the video data cached by the video source is not empty, where when the video data is output, corresponding position marks are at start and end positions of a frame structure of the video data and at start and end positions of a row structure of the video data; and outputting auxiliary data, if the video data cached by the video source is empty, the auxiliary data cached by the auxiliary data source is not empty and the frame structure or the row structure of the video data has been output, where when the auxiliary data is output, corresponding position marks are at a start position and an end position of the auxiliary data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic device. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a low-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic device which employs a single element ultrasound transducer having a focal region, a focal distance and output intensity that can be provide safer treatment for the deep brain of a patient.

Abstract: A noise removing circuit includes an image combiner suitable for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image by combining images having different exposure times; a detailed image generator suitable for generating a detailed image from the HDR image; an image strength evaluator suitable for evaluating strength of the detailed image; and a noise coring component suitable for performing a noise coring operation for removing noise from a region of the detailed image in which a signal to noise ratio (SNR) has decreased using a low threshold and a saturation threshold when the strength of the detailed image is less than a reference value.

Abstract: A method for controlling autonomous driving in a vehicle capable of the autonomous driving may include collecting vehicle travel status information and system status information during the autonomous driving, sensing a failure based on the system status information, identifying normally controllable actuators when sensing the failure, determining a risk degree corresponding to the sensed failure based on the normally controllable actuator information and the vehicle travel status information, determining a safety state based on normally controllable actuator information and the risk degree, and determining a failure safety strategy corresponding to the safety state.

Abstract: A display device may include a first electrode, a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode, the pixel defining layer having a pixel opening that exposes the first electrode, an emission layer disposed in the pixel opening and on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, a first refractive layer disposed on the second electrode and being an organic refractive layer, a second refractive layer disposed on the first refractive layer and being an organic refractive layer, the second refractive layer having a first opening that overlaps the pixel opening, and a third refractive layer disposed on the second refractive layer, the third refractive layer having a second refractive index greater than a first refractive index of the second refractive layer.

Abstract: A control method and device for bidirectional communication are provided. A handshake between the master and slave communication units is realized by sending the training sequence. The master communication unit is controlled to obtain control information from the ECU. The control information is packaged into the custom package, and the custom package is encoded. The master communication unit is controlled to send the custom package to the slave communication unit. The slave communication unit decodes, verifies and corrects the custom package. The slave communication unit feeds back the correct message to the master communication unit if the custom package is verified to be correct, else feeds back the error message to the master communication unit. The master communication unit resends the custom package to the slave communication unit if it receives the error information or does not receive any feedback information within the preset time period.

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit configured to perform a logic operation on a start clock signal which sets a driving start time point of a gate driving circuit and an on-clock signal which sets an output start time point of the gate driving circuit; a first AND gate circuit configured to receive one among output signals of the flip-flop circuit and the start clock signal, to perform an AND logic operation thereon, and to generate a gate start signal; and a second AND gate circuit configured to receive the other of the output signals of the flip-flop circuit and the start clock signal, to perform an AND logic operation thereon, and to generate a gate reset signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; a bottom electrode on a substrate, a supporting pattern between the bottom electrode and an adjacent bottom electrode, a top electrode covering the bottom electrode and the supporting pattern, and a dielectric layer between the bottom electrode and the top electrode and between the supporting pattern and the top electrode. The bottom electrode may include a first portion including a seam and a second portion on the first portion, a top end of the second portion may be disposed at a height lower than an upper surface of the supporting pattern, and a portion of a bottom end of the second portion may be exposed to the seam.

Abstract: A laminated glass article comprises a core layer comprising a core glass composition, and a cladding layer directly adjacent to the core layer and comprising a clad glass composition. A stress of the cladding layer increases with increasing distance from an outer surface of the cladding layer from a compressive stress to a tensile stress, transitions to a compressive stress as a step-change at an interface region between the core layer and the cladding layer, and increases with increasing distance from the interface region to a center of the core layer from the compressive stress to a tensile stress.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a stator comprising a stator core having a plurality of teeth and coils wound around the teeth, wherein the tooth includes a body around which the coil is wound and a shoe connected to the body, the shoe includes a plurality of grooves and a curvature center of the inner peripheral surface of the shoe is the same as the center of the stator core.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a holographic image sensor comprises a lens focusing object light incident from outside of the holographic image sensor to the holographic image sensor, a filter transmitting a predetermined wavelength band of light of the focused object light, a light receiving unit receiving interference light to sense a holographic image, and a reference light source directly emitting reference light having the predetermined wavelength band to the light receiving unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes bottom electrodes on a substrate. A supporting pattern is disposed between the bottom electrodes in a plan view. A top electrode covers the bottom electrodes and the supporting pattern. A dielectric layer is disposed between the bottom electrodes and the top electrode and between the supporting pattern and the top electrode. A capping pattern is interposed between the bottom electrodes and the dielectric layer and between the supporting pattern and the dielectric layer. The capping pattern covers at least a portion of a side surface of the supporting pattern and extends to cover a top surface of the supporting pattern and top surfaces of the bottom electrodes.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a DC-DC converter including a slope compensation circuit configured to generate a sawtooth-shaped compensation ramp wave to output a slope voltage, a current sensing circuit configured to receive and convert a sensing current to output the converted current, and an adder configured to receive the slope voltage and the sensing current, wherein the adder includes a sensing resistor and a sensing switch, one end of the sensing resistor is connected to the current sensing circuit and the other end of the sensing resistor is connected to the sensing switch and the slope compensation circuit, and one end of the sensing switch is connected to the sensing resistor and the slope compensation circuit and the other end of the sensing switch is connected to the ground.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain disease caused by microplastic exposure; and a use thereof. More particularly, it was confirmed that polyethylene microspheres (PS) in a mouse animal model orally administered with the PS penetrate brain tissue to change the level of metabolites inside the brain tissue and the diversity of intestinal microorganisms, thereby causing brain disease, and thus the present invention is intended to provide a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain disease caused by microplastic exposure, and a method for predicting the prognosis of brain disease using same.