Abstract: A method and apparatus use a geometric modified image for video encoding/decoding. The encoding method may include: generating a geometric modified reference picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; generating a prediction block of a current block within an encoding target picture by performing inter prediction by referencing the reference picture or the geometrically modified reference picture; and encoding inter-prediction information of the current block.

Abstract: A method of providing a chat service in a map-based virtual space includes receiving a place selection signal based on map information and/or a motion detection signal from user terminals, determining location information and FoV information of the corresponding account in the virtual space, determining image information of a perspective view and one or more other accounts to be displayed on the corresponding user terminal, receiving a chat request from a first user terminal, receiving a result regarding whether to accept a chat in response to the chat request from a second user terminal, determining whether an account of the first user terminal and the other account of the second user terminal on the street view satisfy a preset condition, and providing the chat service between the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on whether the chat is accepted and whether the preset condition is satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding by using a geometric modified picture. The encoding method according to the present invention includes: generating a geometric modified picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; and generating a first prediction block of a current block by performing inter prediction referencing the geometric modified picture.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a standard cell area and an ending cell area that at least partially surrounds the standard cell area; a first active pattern in the standard cell area; a first wiring that extends in a first direction and is on the first active pattern; a first gate electrode that extends in a second direction and is on the first active pattern; a first gate contact; a second active pattern in the ending cell area; a second wiring that extends in the first direction and is on the second active pattern; a second gate electrode that extends in the second direction and is on the second active pattern; and a second gate contact.

Abstract: A display device comprises a first substrate, a first power bottom line on the first substrate, a second substrate on the first power bottom line, the second substrate having a first power connection hole to expose the first power bottom line, and a pixel driving unit including a plurality of switching elements on the second substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarizing plate including: a polarizer; a first hard coating layer positioned on the polarizer and containing binder resin including (meth) acrylate-based (co) polymer; a light transmitting substrate positioned on the first hard coating layer, having retardation of 3000 nm or more, and having in-plane birefringence; and a second hard coating layer positioned on the light transmitting substrate and including a binder resin, and solid-type inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the degree of a angle formed by the slow axis of the light transmitting substrate and the absorption axis of the polarizer is 5 to 85°, and an image display device including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor monomolecular compound, an organic transistor using same, and a water splitting and hydrogen production photocatalytic system using same. More specifically, the present invention comprises a water-soluble monomolecular compound including 1,5-naphthyridine-2,6-dione structure as a phosphor monomolecular compound.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery with improved safety during thermal runaway. The lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte, and has a nominal voltage of 3.68 V or greater, and VT represented by Equation (1) below measured after manufacturing a test module by stacking four of the lithium secondary battery fully charged by being charged to 4.35 V is 4 Ah/sec or less: Equation (1): VT=Ctotal/t.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having cell strings that each includes memory cells stacked on a substrate in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. A row decoder is connected with the memory cells through word lines. The row decoder applies a setting voltage to at least one word line of the word lines and floats the at least one word line during a floating time. A page buffer circuit is connected with the cell strings through bit lines. The page buffer senses voltage changes of the bit lines after the at least one word line is floated during the floating time and outputs a page buffer signal as a sensing result. A counter counts a number of off-cells in response to the page buffer signal. A detecting circuit outputs a detection signal associated with a defect cell based on the number of off-cells.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus is provided. The method of decoding an image includes decoding at least one of prediction mode information of a neighbor block of a current block and length information of the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block into a predetermined mode using the decoded information, and reconstructing the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block.

Abstract: A battery pack fire extinguishing system includes: a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; a condenser connected to the compressor through a first conduit and configured to condense the refrigerant; an evaporator connected to the condenser through a second conduit and connected to the compressor through a third conduit, the evaporator being configured to absorb ambient heat; a battery cell on the evaporator; and a refrigerant injector connected to the second conduit, above the battery cell, and configured to melt when vent gas is discharged from a vent hole in the battery cell to inject the refrigerant into the battery cell.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise deriving a candidate list for inter-prediction of a current block, deriving motion information of the current block by using the candidate list, deriving a cumulative coding information candidate by using the motion information of the current block, inserting the derived cumulative coding information candidate into a cumulative coding information candidate list and updating the candidate list by using the cumulative coding information candidate list, wherein the updated candidate list is used for inter-prediction of a block to be decoded after the current block.

Abstract: A method and apparatus use a geometric modified image for video encoding/decoding. The encoding method may include: generating a geometric modified reference picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; generating a prediction block of a current block within an encoding target picture by performing inter prediction by referencing the reference picture or the geometrically modified reference picture; and encoding inter-prediction information of the current block.

Abstract: In one example, an electronic device, comprises a first substrate comprising a first conductive structure, a second substrate comprising a second conductive structure, wherein the first substrate is over the second substrate, a first electronic component between the first substrate and the second substrate, a vertical interconnect between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the vertical interconnect is coupled with the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, and an encapsulant between the first substrate and the second substrate and covering the vertical interconnect. A vertical port on the first electronic component is exposed by an aperture of the first substrate. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise deriving a candidate list for inter-prediction of a current block, deriving motion information of the current block by using the candidate list, deriving a cumulative coding information candidate by using the motion information of the current block, inserting the derived cumulative coding information candidate into a cumulative coding information candidate list and updating the candidate list by using the cumulative coding information candidate list, wherein the updated candidate list is used for inter-prediction of a block to be decoded after the current block.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a source layer, a channel structure, gate electrodes on the source layer and spaced apart on a sidewall of the channel structure, and a common source line. The gate electrodes include a first word line group including first and second gate electrodes and a second word line group including third and fourth gate electrodes. The semiconductor memory device, in response to a voltage of the common source line reaching a target voltage, causes an inhibition voltage to be applied to the second word line group and an erase voltage to be applied to the first word line group in a first erase operation interval, and causes the inhibition voltage to be applied to the first word line group and the erase voltage to be applied to the second word line group in a second erase operation interval.

Abstract: A camera system disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a camera module having an image sensor, a first lens holder having at least one lens, a second lens holder disposed between the image sensor and the first lens holder and having a first lens adjacent to the image sensor, and a driving portion that moves the second lens holder in the optical axis direction; a temperature sensor that detects a ambient temperature of the camera module; a storage portion storing a correction rate of an optical axis distance between the first lens and the image sensor according to the ambient temperature; a temperature compensation portion that drives the driving portion using the ambient temperature and a correction rate of the storage portion to adjust the optical axis distance between the first lens and the image sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cover window for a flexible display device and a flexible display device including the cover window, wherein the cover window includes a polymer substrate including a polyamideimide block copolymer; and a hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer substrate and having a pencil hardness of 5H or more under a load of 750 g, and no crack occurs when wound on a mandrel having a diameter of 3 mm.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is disclosed a method of providing search information using an electronic apparatus, which includes: checking information on a product group corresponding to a keyword acquired from a user; checking color information on one or more products included in the product group; and providing a search result page corresponding to the keyword, the search result page including at least some of one or more color chips corresponding to the information on the product group and the color information on the one or more products.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing cells for cancer treatment and a kit for cancer treatment comprising cells prepared by the method. The preparation method of the present disclosure can provide F cells, which, in spite of having no difference in the proliferative capacity compared with mesenchymal stem cells expressing cytosine deaminase that are harvested and used immediately after the culture, exhibit a very excellent tumor suppressive effect through the treatment together with 5-FC and induce a remarkable synergistic effect exceeding an effect from combinative treatment with an existing anticancer drug in cases of a combinative treatment with another anticancer drug. Therefore, the present disclosure can be utilized for a kit for cancer treatment comprising such F cells, and thus can be favorably used to maximize the effect of existing cancer treatments.