Abstract: Proposed is a method of manufacturing a carbon precursor fiber for a gas diffusion layer having excellent tensile properties (e.g., strength and modulus) by controlling the cross-sectional shape of carbon fiber. The method includes preparing a polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer, preparing spinning products by spinning a spinning solution containing the polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer in a coagulation bath, and obtaining a carbon precursor fiber by drawing the spinning products through heat treatment. The coagulation bath includes an amount of about 60% to 90% by volume of methanol and an amount of about 10% to 40% by volume of dimethylformamide based on the total volume of the coagulation bath.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic compound having the following structure, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and an organic light emitting device including the organic compound. The organic compound can be a bipolar compound having a p-type moiety and an n-type moiety and has high energy level and proper energy bandgap for an emissive layer of the OLED. As the organic compound is applied into the emissive layer, the OLED can maximize its luminous properties as holes and electrons are recombined uniformly over the whole area in an emitting material layer (EML).

Abstract: In a method of generating a secret key according to an embodiment, a share of each of a user and a plurality of other users for a secret key of the user are generated, the share of each of the plurality of other users is provided to a user terminal of each of the plurality of other users, a share of the user for a secret key of each of the plurality of other users is received from the user terminal of each of the plurality of other users, and a new secret key of the user is generated using the share of the user for the secret key of the user and the shares of the user for the secret key of each of the plurality of other users.

Abstract: A method of a wearable device displaying icons is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of circular icons comprising a first circular icon located in a center area of a touch display in a first size and a second circular icon located outside of the center area of the touch display in a second size smaller than the first size, and based on a direction of a touch input received on the touch display, moving the plurality of circular icons such that the first circular icon is moved to a first position located outside of the center area of the touch display and the second circular icon is moved from a second position located outside the center area of the touch display to the center area of the touch display and enlarged in size from the second size to the first size.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting data using a random access procedure in a communication system. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system includes transmitting a first MsgA including an RA preamble #i and a payload to a base station; receiving, from the base station, a MsgB including information indicating that an RA preamble #k is reserved; and transmitting a second MsgA including the RA preamble #k and data to the base station in a preamble reservation period associated with the RA preamble #k.

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing including an acoustic conduit to output a sound, a sound output device disposed at least partially in the housing, and connected with an outside of the electronic device through the acoustic conduit, a memory, and a processor electrically connected with the sound output device and the memory. The processor may determine whether specified information is received in association with an output of the sound output device, output, through the sound output device, a sound including a plurality of frequency bands, based on the specified information, when the specified information is received, and maintain center frequencies of the plurality of frequency bands to be substantially fixed and change, in a specified range, sound pressures of the plurality of frequency bands, during time that the sound is output.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical filter having a narrow bandpass, high transmittance in the bandpass, low transmittance outside the bandpass, little change in optical properties even when the incident angle of light changes and thus, being advantageous in terms of yield and cost per hour. In addition, the present invention may provide a LiDAR system including the optical filter and an application of the optical filter and the LiDAR system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for encoding/decoding using a transform-based feature map. An optimal basis vector is extracted from one or more feature maps, and a transform coefficient is acquired through a transform using the basis vector. The basis vector and the transform coefficient may be transmitted through a bitstream. In an embodiment, one or more feature maps are reconstructed using the basis vector and the transform coefficient, which are decoded from the bitstream.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling, in a space where a plurality of robots autonomously travel, the robots such that each of the plurality of robots can successively pass through a designated region, by identifying the designated region to be passed through by the robots and i) controlling the robots to pass through the corresponding designated region via a first point defined in the designated region or ii) triggering a designated region traveling mode of the robots and controlling the robots to pass through the corresponding designated region in the designated region traveling mode.

Abstract: An eco-friendly power source, such as a battery module for a transportation vehicle includes a first sub-module and a second sub-module each including a plurality of battery cells; a lower cover supporting the first sub-module and the second sub-module; a connection member coupled to the first sub-module and the second sub-module, respectively; and a cooling plate coupled to the lower cover and forming a flow path through which a refrigerant can flow, wherein at least a portion of the flow path is disposed to oppose the connection member with the lower cover interposed therebetween.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an array substrate of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor pattern, and a display device using the same. The thin film transistor array substrate includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area disposed around the active area, and a first thin film transistor disposed on the substrate. The first thin film transistor includes a first oxide semiconductor pattern disposed on the substrate, a first gate electrode disposed under the first oxide semiconductor pattern while overlapping with the first oxide semiconductor pattern, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode disposed on the first oxide semiconductor pattern and connected to the first oxide semiconductor pattern, and a first light shielding pattern disposed over the first oxide semiconductor pattern and electrically connected to one of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode while overlapping with the first oxide semiconductor pattern.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for redesigning treatment prescriptions according to evaluation of treatment effectiveness. In the present invention, when the system receives the treatment prescriptions from the medical staff terminal, sets the treatment device according to the treatment prescriptions, and delivers the treatment device to the patient, the patient performs treatment by himself using the treatment device at home. When the treatment is finished, the patient terminal transmits the treatment history information, the treatment image obtained by photographing the process of self-treatment, and the questionnaire replies to the system. The system calculates compliance from the treatment history information, evaluates the treatment motor/cognitive/emotional functions from the questionnaire reply, and then provides them to the medical staff terminal together with the questionnaire replies, and allows the medical staff to evaluate effect of the treatment prescriptions.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus may include a light-emitting device and a pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting device. The pixel driving circuit may supply a driving current corresponding to a data signal to the light-emitting device according to a gate signal. For example, the pixel driving circuit may include at least one thin film transistor. The thin film transistor may include an active pattern comprising an oxide semiconductor. A source region of the active pattern overlaps a source semiconductor pattern, and a drain region of the active pattern overlaps a drain semiconductor pattern. The source semiconductor pattern and the drain semiconductor pattern may include n-type impurities. A channel region of the active pattern may be outside the source semiconductor pattern and the drain semiconductor pattern. Thus, in the display apparatus, reliability of the pixel driving circuit may be improved.

Abstract: An optical gene biosensor is disclosed. The optical gene biosensor includes a substrate; a molecular beacon anchored to the substrate, wherein the molecular beacon includes an oligonucleotide specifically binding to a target nucleic acid molecule and a first compound bound to a first terminal of the oligonucleotide; an optical marker specifically binding to the first compound, wherein the optical marker is configured to retro-reflect irradiated light; a light source for irradiating the optical marker with light; and a light-receiver for receiving light retro-reflected from the optical marker. The optical gene biosensor may perform accurate quantitative analysis of a target nucleic acid molecule using both non-spectral and spectral light sources.

Abstract: A display panel of a display device is divided into a first display region and a second display region. The second display region includes a boundary region adjacent to the first display region and a non-boundary region opposite to the first display region with respect to the boundary region. The driving controller outputs the voltage control signal, such that the first voltage in a first high voltage level and the second voltage in a first low voltage level are generated when the first display region is driven. The driving controller outputs the voltage control signal, such that the first voltage in a second high voltage level lower than the first high voltage level and the second voltage in a second low voltage level higher than the first low voltage level are generated, when the non-boundary region of the second display region is driven.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for performing machine learning a method of machine learning, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The electronic apparatus includes an operation module configured to include a plurality of processing elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and share data between the plurality of processing elements which are adjacent to each other to perform an operation; and a processor configured to control the operation module to perform a convolution operation by applying a filter to input data, wherein the processor controls the operation module to perform the convolution operation by inputting each of a plurality of elements configuring a two-dimensional filter to the plurality of processing elements in a predetermined order and sequentially applying the plurality of elements to the input data.

Abstract: A sterilization module including a main body, a circuit board disposed in the main body, a light source disposed on the circuit board to emit sterilizing light, and a transparent unit to protect the light source from an outside and including a material that transmits the sterilizing light, in which the light source includes a mesa including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, in which the first electrode includes a first contact region disposed on the outer area of the first semiconductor layer and a second contact region at least partially surrounded by the mesa, and a distance between the transparent unit and the circuit board is greater than a height of the light source.

Abstract: A dynamic hashing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a target segment based on at least a part of a key value of an insertion request, compute a hash value by applying a remapping function corresponding to the obtained target segment to an input value based on the key value, and update the remapping function by adjusting a slope of the remapping function in response to the key value not being insertable into a target bucket selected based on at least a part of the computed hash value from among buckets included by the target segment.

Abstract: A user interface (UI) display method is provided. The UI display method includes displaying an operation window including one or more setting items on a screen, and if a first one of the setting items is inputted, causing at least a part or all of the remaining operation window part except for the first item not to be displayed on the screen.