Abstract: A test mode control circuit includes an encryption circuit and a test mode generating circuit. The encryption circuit encrypts, based on an encryption code, an access code set to generate an encrypted access code set. The test mode generating circuit generates a test mode signal based on the encrypted access code set.

Abstract: A ring-type wearable device is disclosed. The disclosed ring-type wearable device comprises: an outer ring member; an inner ring member separably inserted into the outer ring member; a sensor unit disposed in the outer ring member; and a control unit disposed in the outer ring member so as to be electrically connected to the sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit can maintain constant sensitivity in correspondence to the thickness of the inner ring member.

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: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel including a pixel, a scan driver, and a driving controller that controls driving of the scan driver. The scan driver provides the pixel with a first mode scan signal having a first active period and a second active period in a first mode and provides the pixel with a second mode scan signal having a compensation active period in a second mode. The driving controller determines whether an operating frequency of the display device corresponds to one of predetermined compensation frequencies in a variable frequency mode, and operates the scan driver in the first mode or the second mode depending on a determination result of the determining.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding using improved cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a first predictor of a current chroma block according to CCLM prediction, and additionally generate a second predictor of the current chroma block based on the neighboring pixels of the current chroma block in intra prediction of the current chroma block. The video coding method and the apparatus perform weighted combination on the first predictor and the second predictor.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding for refining predicted signals of intra prediction based on deep learning. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a refined intra predicted signal to improve video coding efficiency and video quality. The video coding method and the apparatus adaptively input a prediction block according to intra prediction of a current block, block information related to the current block, and neighboring reconstructed reference samples into a deep learning network.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a source/drain pattern disposed on a substrate and a source/drain contact connected to the source/drain pattern. The source/drain contact includes a lower contact structure extending in a first direction and an upper contact structure protruding from the lower contact structure. The upper contact structure includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall facing away from each other in the first direction. The first sidewall of the upper contact structure includes a plurality of first sub-sidewalls, and each of the first sub-sidewalls includes a concave surface.

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 substrate with a conductive pattern. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the substrate and both the semiconductor die and the substrate are at least partially covered by a package body. In some examples, through-mold vias are formed in the package body to provide electrical signal paths from an exterior surface thereof to the conductive pattern of the substrate. In some examples, through-mold vias are included in the package body to provide electrical signal paths between the semiconductor die and an exterior surface of the package body. In some examples, an interposer is electrically connected to the through-mold vias and may be covered by the package body and/or disposed in spaced relation thereto. In some examples, the interposer may not be electrically connected to the through-mold vias but may have one or more semiconductor dies of the semiconductor device electrically connected thereto.

Abstract: A brake device of a recliner for a vehicle seat includes: a housing having a through-hole through which a shaft of a seat recliner passes; a fixture provided in an accommodation space of the housing to be coupled to the shaft, having a protrusion portion formed on the outer side thereof, and configured to be prevented from rotating by engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion while being supported upwards; and a release lever installed above the fixture and configured to press, if a rotational force is applied from the outside, the fixture downwards so as to release the engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver applies an anode initialization signal to the pixel. The driving controller receives a horizontal synchronization signal, receives input image data at a variable frame frequency, and controls the gate driver. A frame period for the display panel includes a scan period and one or more hold periods, the driving controller generates a count value by counting a number of pulses of the horizontal synchronization signal, and determines a current frame period as the hold period when the count value exceeds a reference value, and a time length of the anode initialization signal in each of the one or more hold periods is longer than a time length of the anode initialization signal in the scan period.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and an emission driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver is configured to output a gate signal to the pixel. The data driver is configured to output a data voltage to the pixel. The emission driver is configured to output an emission signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a light emitting element, a driving switching element configured to apply a driving current to the light emitting element and a bias switching element configured to apply a bias voltage to the driving switching element. The display apparatus increases a level of the bias voltage when a duration of a light emission time of the pixel is increased.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel and a panel driver for driving the display panel during a plurality of driving frames whose frequencies are varied. Among the driving frames, a first driving frame having a first frequency includes a first write period, and a second driving frame having a second frequency lower than the first frequency includes a second write period and a variable blank period. The panel driver includes a data driver and a driving controller. Each of the first and second write periods includes N horizontal periods (N is an integer number equal to or greater than 1), each of the N horizontal periods has a first duration, and each of the first and second write periods has a second duration corresponding to N times of the first duration. The driving controller applies a training synchronizing signal to the data driver during the variable blank period.

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 method and a device for encoding/decoding a video are provided. A method for decoding a video according to the present disclosure includes generating an inter prediction block for a current block, based on a reference block that corresponds to the current block and exists in a reference picture. The method for decoding the video also includes generating an intra prediction block for the current block, based on the reference block and a first reference pixel adjacent to the reference block. The method for decoding the video also includes deriving weighted values assigned to the inter prediction block and the intra prediction block, based on not using the current block for distortion calculation. The method for decoding the video also includes generating a combined inter/intra prediction (CIIP) block of the current block, based on the weight values, the inter prediction block, and the intra prediction block.

Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. A video decoding method includes deriving a spatial merge candidate, based on neighboring blocks spatially adjacent to a current block. The method also includes deriving a temporal merge candidate, based on neighboring blocks temporally adjacent to the current block. The method also includes generating a first merge candidate list based on the spatial merge candidate and the temporal merge candidate. The method also includes deriving a history-based merge candidate, based on motion information of a block encoded before the current block. The method also includes generating a second merge candidate list, based on the first merge candidate list and the history-based merge candidate. The method also includes generating a prediction block of the current block, based on the second merge candidate list. The first merge candidate list and the second merge candidate list are generated based on a priority of motion information.

Abstract: A ring-type wearable device is disclosed. The disclosed ring-type wearable device comprises: an outer ring member; an inner ring member separably inserted into the outer ring member; a sensor unit disposed in the outer ring member; and a control unit disposed in the outer ring member so as to be electrically connected to the sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit can maintain constant sensitivity in correspondence to the thickness of the inner ring member.

Abstract: A corner module apparatus may include: a drive unit configured to provide driving power to a wheel, a knuckle unit connected to the drive unit, a steering drive unit configured to generate a steering force while extending or contracting in a longitudinal direction, a steering angle adjustment unit connected to the knuckle unit, disposed so that a longitudinal direction thereof is different from the longitudinal direction of the steering drive unit, and configured to adjust a steering angle of the wheel in conjunction with the steering force generated from the steering drive unit, and a crank member disposed to be spaced apart from the steering drive unit in a height direction of the vehicle body and configured to convert a transmission direction of the steering force, which is generated from the steering drive unit, into the longitudinal direction of the steering angle adjustment unit.

Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and a video encoding/decoding device are provided. The video decoding method according to the present disclosure includes determining at least two intra prediction modes based on intra prediction modes of neighboring blocks adjacent to a current block. The video decoding method also includes deriving a most probable mode (MPM) list based on the at least two intra prediction modes. The video decoding method also includes deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the MPM list. The video decoding method also includes generating a prediction block of the current block based on the intra prediction mode. Candidate modes in the MPM list can be configured using an intra prediction mode list generated based on the at least two intra prediction modes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns protruding upward from a substrate, a gate electrode crossing the first and second active patterns and extending in a first direction, a first source/drain region on the first active pattern and on at least one side of the gate electrode, and a second source/drain region on the second active pattern and on at least one side of the gate electrode. The first and second source/drain regions have a conductivity type different from each other, and the second source/drain region has a bottom surface in contact with a top surface of the second active pattern and at a lower level than that of a bottom surface of the first source/drain region in contact with a top surface of the first active pattern. The first active pattern has a first width smaller than a second width of the second active pattern.