Abstract: A method and apparatus for inspecting an aeronautical light using an aerial vehicle are disclosed. The method includes defining a first reference point based on a plurality of aeronautical lights installed on a runway surface, and defining a second reference point based on the first reference point, defining a flight path of the aerial vehicle taking off from the second reference point and heading to the first reference point, transmitting, to the ground, an image of the aeronautical lights photographed by the aerial vehicle, and inspecting and adjusting elevation angles of the aeronautical lights by analyzing the image of the aeronautical lights in real time.

Abstract: Provided is a razor cartridge including: a first blade having a first base portion and a first cutting edge formed therein; a second blade disposed in front of the first blade to be adjacent to the first blade, and having a second base portion and a sliding edge therein; and a blade housing supporting the first base portion to have at least a portion of the first cutting edge exposed, and supporting the second base portion to have at least a portion of the sliding edge exposed, and the second blade is formed so that a ratio t3/t4 of a thickness t3 of the sliding edge to a thickness t4 of the second base portion is less than 1 and greater than a ratio t1/t2 of a thickness t1 of the first cutting edge to a thickness t2 of the first base portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a shaving blade includes a substrate having a cutting edge provided with a sharp substrate tip, wherein a thickness T16 of the substrate measured at a distance D16, which is 16 micrometers from the substrate tip, is in a range from 2.41 micrometers to 3.76 micrometers.

Abstract: A hydrogen reforming system is provided and includes a steam reforming system, a dry reforming system, and a water supply device. The steam reforming system is configured to (i) receive a raw material gas and react the raw material gas with water to generate a first mixed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, (ii) react the first mixed gas with the water to generate hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and (iii) discharge hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The dry reforming system is configured to (i) receive and react the raw material gas and the carbon dioxide discharged from the steam reforming system to generate a second mixed gas containing hydrogen, (ii) react the second mixed gas with the water to generate hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and (iii) discharge hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The water supply device is configured to supply the water to the steam reforming system and the dry reforming system.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a vision sensor and a processor. The vision sensor generates a plurality of events in which an intensity of light changes and generates a plurality of timestamps depending on times when the events occur. In addition, the processor may regenerate a timestamp of a pixel where an abnormal event occurs, based on temporal correlation of the events.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transition metal-dichalcogenide thin film is provided. The method for manufacturing a transition metal-dichalcogenide thin film can comprise the steps of: preparing a base substrate within a chamber; preparing a precursor comprising a transition metal; repeatedly carrying out, multiple times, a step of providing the precursor on the base substrate and a step of purging the chamber, thereby forming, on the base substrate, a preliminary thin film in which the precursor is adsorbed; and manufacturing a transition metal-dichalcogenide thin film by heat treating the preliminary thin film in a gas atmosphere comprising a chalcogen element.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for estimating an orientation of an implanted deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead. Such methods include generating an initial image dataset, down-sampling a respective image or adding noise to images of the subset of the initial image dataset, and re-slicing at least a subset of the modified image dataset along an alternative primary imaging axis, to generate an integrated image dataset. The method also include partitioning the integrated image dataset into a preliminary training image dataset and a testing image dataset, and re-sizing at least a subset of the preliminary training image dataset with a localized field of view around a depicted DBS lead, to generate a training image dataset. The method further includes training a machine-learning model using the training image dataset, and executing the trained machine-learning model to estimate, during a DBS implantation procedure, an orientation of a subject implanted DBS lead.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of providing a neurostimulation therapy to a patient, comprises: generating electrical pulses, by an implantable pulse generator (IPG), comprising respective bursts of a plurality of anodic pulses with each anodic pulse being separated by a time gap, wherein (1) the plurality of anodic pulses comprise successively increasing charge; (2) the plurality of anodic pulses are charge limited to be sub-threshold; (3) each burst of anodic pulses is followed by a discharge phase of intermittent time periods to discharge charge build up from the anodic pulses; and (4) each successive intermittent time period increases in time through the discharge phase to avoid action potential (AP) generation; and applying the generated electrical pulses to neural tissue of the patient to inhibit neural activity of the patient.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of providing a neurostimulation therapy to a patient, comprises: generating a noise pulse pattern defining a pulse train of pulses to be generated according to a noise profile in an external device; communicated the generated noise pulse pattern to an implantable pulse generator (IPG) of a patient; generating, by the IPG, a series of pulses in sequence for noise stimulation of the patient using the noise pulse pattern from the external device, wherein the IPG applies one or more randomization operations to the pulse pattern from the external device without expanding memory storage for the pulse pattern while maintaining the noise profile of the pulse pattern from the external device; and applying the series of pulses in sequence to neural tissue of the patient using one or more electrodes of one or more stimulation leads.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improvement to razor blade coating by a physical vapor deposition method, by forming a hard coating layer as a thin coating layer in which chromium boride, which is a nanocrystalline structure having high hardness, is dispersed in an amorphous mixture of chromium and boron, thereby improving the strength and hardness of the thin coating layer and securing the bonding force by chromium in the amorphous mixture between the hard coating layer and a blade substrate on which an edge of the razor blade is formed.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a CIS (CMOS image sensor) pixel, a DVS (dynamic vision sensor) pixel, and an image signal processor. The CIS pixel includes a photoelectric conversion device generating charges corresponding to an incident light and a readout circuit generating an output voltage corresponding to the generated charges. The DVS pixel detects a change in an intensity of the incident light based on the generated charges to output an event signal and does not include a separate photoelectric conversion device. The image signal processor allows the photoelectric conversion device to be connected to the readout circuit or the DVS pixel.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device comprises a spacer substrate, a first lens substrate over the first spacer substrate, and a lens protector over the first lens dielectric adjacent to the first lens. The spacer substrate comprises a spacer dielectric, a spacer top terminal, a spacer bottom terminal, and a spacer via. The first lens substrate comprises a first lens dielectric, a first lens, a first lens top terminal, a first lens bottom terminal, and a first lens via. A first interconnect is coupled with the spacer top terminal and the first lens bottom terminal. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A messenger application for a second account related to at least one account in an instant messaging service receives, from a server, a list of at least one first account for which a video is registered and recommends a first account using a list view that shows the list of the at least one first account distinguished from a list of the at least one account.

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: Disclosed is an image adjustment apparatus including a receiver which is configured to receive a first input image of an object which is time-synchronously captured and a second input image in which a motion event of the object is sensed time-asynchronously, and an adjuster which is configured to adjust the first input image and the second input image.

Abstract: Hydrocarbon proton exchange membranes are disclosed that are composed of a material including a hydrophobic main chain, and acidic side chains. The main chain includes a polyaryl structure that is substantially free of ether linkages and also includes a fluoromethyl substituted carbon. The acidic side chains include a hydrocarbon tether terminated by a strongly acidic group, such as a fluoroalkyl sulfonate group. Chemical stability of the material is increased by removing the ether linkages from the main chain. The hydrophobic main chain and substantially hydrophilic side chains create a phase-separated morphology that affords enhanced transport of protons and water across the membrane even at low relative humidity levels. These materials are advantageous as membranes for use in fuel cells, redox flow batteries, water hydrolysis systems, sensors, electrochemical hydrogen compressors, actuators, water purifiers, gas separators, etc.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a lower material film, an upper material film on the lower material film, a two-dimensional electron gas between the lower material film and the upper material film, a source electrode on the upper material film, a drain electrode on the upper material film, and a gate electrode on the upper material film, wherein the upper material film includes a first portion in contact with the source electrode, a second portion in contact with the gate electrode, and a third portion in contact with the drain electrode, wherein a thickness of the second portion of the upper material film is greater than a thickness of the first portion of the upper material film and a thickness of the third portion of the upper material film, wherein the voltage drop and the threshold voltage are adjusted by adjusting the thicknesses of the first to third portions of the upper material film.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first lower material film, a first upper material film on the first lower material film, a first two-dimensional electron gas between the first lower material film and the first upper material film, a second lower material film on the first upper material film, a second upper material film on the second lower material film, a second two-dimensional electron gas between the second lower material film and the second upper material film, a source electrode on the second upper material film, a drain electrode on the second upper material film, a gate insulating film on the second upper material film, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film.

Abstract: Provided is a composition containing a silylamine compound and a method for manufacturing a silicon-containing thin film using the same, and more particularly, a composition for depositing a silicon-containing thin film, containing a silylamine compound capable of forming a silicon-containing thin film having a significantly excellent water vapor transmission rate to thereby be usefully used as a precursor of the silicon-containing thin film and an encapsulant of a display, and a method for manufacturing a silicon-containing thin film using the same.

Abstract: In one example, a system comprises a laser assisted bonding (LAB) tool. The LAB tool comprises a stage block and a first lateral laser source facing the stage block from a lateral side of the stage block. The stage block is configured to support a substrate and a first electronic component coupled with the substrate, and the first electronic component comprises a first interconnect. The first lateral laser source is configured to emit a first lateral laser beam laterally toward the stage block to induce a first heat on the first interconnect to bond the first interconnect with the substrate. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.